California college to offer associate's degree in health IT
American Career College (ACC) will offer an associate of occupational science (AOS) degree in health IT at its Anaheim, Calif., campus beginning in May. The degree is designed to prepare students to play a role in maintaining, collecting and analyzing the data for doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers.
The AOS degree can be utilized to obtain positions such as health data analyst, insurance claims analyst, records technician specialist, clinical coding specialist and patient information coordinator, according to ACC, which has its main campus in Costa Mesa, Calif.
“According to the U.S. Department of Labor, more than 30,000 new health IT jobs will be created in the next 10 years throughout the country, and professionals will be tapped to work in a multitude of settings throughout the healthcare industry including hospitals, physician offices and clinics, long-term care facilities, insurance companies, government agencies and home care providers,” said Mary Miller, director of education at ACC.
The health IT AOS degree program takes approximately 20 months to complete. Training is divided into eight 10-week quarters and is a blended schedule consisting of courses taken on campus and online. The program is composed of general education, anatomy and physiology, core health IT and clinical practicum courses.
The ACC’s Health IT AOS program at the Orange County campus is in candidacy status, pending accreditation review by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education.
The AOS degree can be utilized to obtain positions such as health data analyst, insurance claims analyst, records technician specialist, clinical coding specialist and patient information coordinator, according to ACC, which has its main campus in Costa Mesa, Calif.
“According to the U.S. Department of Labor, more than 30,000 new health IT jobs will be created in the next 10 years throughout the country, and professionals will be tapped to work in a multitude of settings throughout the healthcare industry including hospitals, physician offices and clinics, long-term care facilities, insurance companies, government agencies and home care providers,” said Mary Miller, director of education at ACC.
The health IT AOS degree program takes approximately 20 months to complete. Training is divided into eight 10-week quarters and is a blended schedule consisting of courses taken on campus and online. The program is composed of general education, anatomy and physiology, core health IT and clinical practicum courses.
The ACC’s Health IT AOS program at the Orange County campus is in candidacy status, pending accreditation review by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education.