Health Information Technology
The Health Information Technology Curriculum provides individuals with the knowledge and skills to process, analyze, abstract, compile, maintain, manage, and report health information.
Begin Your Journey
- Receive hands-on instruction in monitoring standards, facilitating research, and designing system controls to monitor patient information security.
- Gain experience supervising departmental functions and coordinating information for cost control, quality management, statistics, marketing, and planning.
- Prepare to write the national certification examination to become a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT).
Health information technology is an in-demand skill. Graduates are qualified for entry-level positions at hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, health insurance organizations, outpatient clinics, physicians offices, hospice sites, and mental health facilities. Explore a career in health information technology.
Expenses estimated over the two-year program timeline.
| ITEM | IN-STATE COST | OUT-OF-STATE COST |
| Tuition* | $4,940.00 | $17,420.00 |
| Student Activity Fee | $175.00 | $175.00 |
| Technology Fee | $240.00 | $240.00 |
| Textbooks | $600.00 | $600.00 |
*Program credit hours: 65– $76.00 per credit hour in-state tuition, $268.00 per credit hour out-of-state tuition.
Sandhills is committed to the belief that every student should have an opportunity to pursue an education, regardless of financial resources. We are here to guide you through the financial aid system to make costs more manageable and higher education more accessible.
The Health Information Technology Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
Pitt Community College/Sandhills Community College Partner Program
Pitt Community College (PCC) has entered into a unique learning partnership with Sandhills Community College to provide Sandhills students the opportunity to complete up to 39 credit hours at Sandhills to be used toward completion of the 74-hour Associate in Applied Science in the Pitt Community College Heath Information Technology program.
Students accepted into this program can explore two options:
- Complete the 39 hours of general requirements prior to 1. application to the program, or
- Complete some or all of those courses at Sandhills while 2. concurrently enrolled in the Pitt program online.
* This program is financial aid eligible.
| SCC Courses | PCC Courses | ||
| Course Prefix, Number, and Title | Credit Hours | Course Prefix, Number, and Title | Credit Hours |
| ACA-115 Success & Study Skills (Substitute for ACA-111) | 1 | CTS-130 Spreadsheet | 3 |
| BIO-163 Basic Anatomy & Physiology (5) or BIO-168 Anatomy & Physiology I (4) and BIO-169 Anatomy & Physiology II (4) | 5-8 | HIT-110 Intro to Healthcare HIM | 3 |
| CIS-110 Introduction to Computers | 3 | HIT-112 Health Law & Ethics | 3 |
| ENG-111 Writing & Inquiry | 3 | HIT-114 Health Data Sys/Standards | 3 |
| ENG-112 Writing/Research in the Disc | 3 | HIT-124 Prof Practice Exp II | 1 |
| HUM-115 Critical Thinking or PHI-240 Introduction to Ethics | 3 | HIT-211 Diagnosis Coding & Reporting | 3 |
| MAT-152 Statistical Methods I | 4 | HIT-213 INPT Proc Coding & Reporting | 2 |
| MED-121 Medical Terminology I | 3 | HIT-214 OP Procedure Coding/Reporting | 2 |
| MED-122 Medical Terminology II | 3 | HIT-215 Revenue Cycle Management | 2 |
| PSY-150 General Psychology | 3 | HIT-217 Quality & Data Analysis | 3 |
| HIT-218 Management Principles in HIT | 3 | ||
| HIT-220 Electronic Health Records | 2 | ||
| HIT-224 Prof Practice Exp IV | 2 | ||
| HIT-225 Healthcare Informatics | 3 | ||
| HIT-226 Pathophysiology & Pharmacology | 3 | ||
| HIT-280 HIM Capstone | 2 | ||
| HSC-110* Orientation to Health Careers | 1 | ||
| 31 | 41 | ||
*Course is encouraged but not required.