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Philosophy and
Program Goals
The Health
Information Technology Department at Danville Area Community College
strives to become the recognized leader in providing quality,
innovative education in Health Information Technology which meets or
exceeds competencies of the American Health Information Management
Association and needs of the community of interest.
Vision
- Achieve and maintain
accreditation standards developed by American Health Information
Management Association (AHIMA) and accreditation by Commission on
Accreditation of Allied Health education Programs (CAAHEP).
- Provides an
environment that encourages and challenges students to strive for
excellence.
- Espouse the
state-of-the-art in Health Information Management.
- Promotes team-work
with all health care professionals.
- Provides the latest in
electronic Health Information Management (E.HIM) in course syllabi
and to the Community of Interest.
STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
The purpose of this
program is to prepare students with the skills, and knowledge to meet
the entry-level domains as health information technicians in a variety
of health care and non-health care settings. Students will be
provided with appropriate education in health information technology
and general education courses necessary to begin a career maintaining,
collecting, and analyzing data that is vital to the delivery of health
care. Graduates will have the needed knowledge to become experts
in managing patient information, computer information systems, and
coding for health care use using the appropriate nomenclature. |
- To provide a curriculum
of high quality that prepares the students with the educational
basis needed to meet the entry-level companies.
- To provide the
needed resources (curriculum, software, computers, facilities,
equipment, supplies, and learning resources-library, instructional
aids) as identified by AHIMA, the community of interest, and
students.
- To increase enrollment and
retention of students in the Health Information Technology
Program.
- To produce students of high quality who achieve the
entry-level competencies.
- To provide supervised professional practice experience
that reinforces learning experience and the community of interest
needs.
- To produce students who demonstrate professional and ethical
behavior in the workplace.
- To produce graduates who demonstrate critical thinking
abilities.
- To assist the students in making the transition from student
to professional by providing career information regarding
opportunities for employment in the community.
- To provide an educational opportunity of the community of
interest, and in particular, for employees currently in the HIM
field opportunities.
- To provide graduates who possess the skills required by the
Community of Interest.
- Faculty members will demonstrate current knowledge and
expertise in areas taught.
- To retain faculty members who are involved in ongoing
education and professional growth.
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Community College
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