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Health Information Management Certificate


The Certificate of Achievement in Health Informaiton Management (HIM) includes instruction in medical records, health information software applications, data entry, legal aspects, and statistucs. Course work also includes the fundamentals of medical science; medical terminology and basic anatomy and physiology-lecture and lab. This is a stackable pathway towards the Associate of Applied Science degree in HIM. All courses wtih the HIM prefix are fully online. The normal completion time for this program is 1 year or 2 full-time semesters equating to 30 credits, assuming appropriate placement scores.

 

Campus Offered Credits Required
Online 30

 

Accreditation

East Central College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
30 N. LaSalle St., Suite 2400
Chicago, Illinois 60602-2504
800-621-7440

Contacts

Program Director

Kimberly Daman-Scheel, BSN/RN, RHIA, CDIP, CCS

636-584-6662

kim.daman-scheel@eastcentral.edu

Faculty

Nanette Sayles, EdD, RHIA, CCS, CHPS, CPHI, CDIP, CHDA, CPHIMS, FAHIMA
nanette.sayles@eastcentral.edu

Program Assistant

Julie Beck
636-584-6616
julie.beck@eastcentral.edu

Dean of Health Science

Nancy Mitchell

636-584-6616

nancy.mitchell@eastcentral.edu

Division

Health Science