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Jul 22, 2025
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2025-2026 Catalog
Health Information Management Certificate of Achievement
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The Certificate of Achievement in Health Information Management (HIM) includes instruction in medical records, health information software applications, data entry, legal aspects, and statistics. Course work also includes the fundamentals of medical science, medical terminoloy, and basic anatomy and physiology, lecture and lab. This is a stackable pathway towards the Associate of Applied Science degree in HIM. All courses with the HIM prefix are fully online. The normal completion time for this program is one year or two full-time semesters equating to 30 credit hours; assuming appropriate placement scores.
Prerequisites/General Education: Students must have a “C” or better in coursework.
Extra-Curricular/Cocurricular Opportunities at ECC: ECC offers a wide variety of clubs and cocurricular activities for all students.
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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
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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
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Dean of Health Science
Nancy Mitchell
636-584-6619
nancy.mitchell@eastcentral.edu
Division
Health Science
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First Semester (14 Hours)
Second Semester (16 Hours)
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