Is Health Information Technology a good program for college?

I am assuming that it would help you get a job in an IT deparment of a hospital or insurance provider. If you had a specific college program listed, it might be helpful. Check out to see if the college has job placement for graduates. If they have placement services, you might see what type of companies hire graduates from the college you are looking at.

There are many options you can go with an AS in HIT:

First of all after achieving an associates degree, you will want to get the following credentials. There are more, but start off with these two.

RHIT - Registered Health Information Technician
CCS - Certified Coding Specialist

One of them is Medical Coding which is the classificiation of diseases into numeric codes that are grouped together to determine reimbursement into a healthcare facility. In other words…certified medical coders determine how much money comes in. With experience one can be a consultant or even work from their home office.

However I teach my students to work outside the box. Aside from medical coding and medical records management. One of the emerging trends is the electronic medical record. Companies are are looking for inidividuals who can help physician offices and healthcare facilities transition from "paper to paperless".