Health Information Management

The East Central College Health Information Management program integrates knowledge of planning, designing, and managing systems, process, and facilities used to collect, store, secure, retrieve, analyze, and transmit medical records and other health information used by clinical professionals and health care organizations.

The Health Information Management associate degree program prepares students to demonstrate successful entry level competence in the domains and subdomains established by AHIMA for Health Information Management professionals and Medical Coders.

More information is available on the Fact Sheet below.

Degrees and Certificates:

• AAS Health Information Management

• Certificate of Achievement

Department Links

• Catalog
• Class Schedule

Additional Information & Links:

• American Health Information Management Association

  http://www.ahima.org

• Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Health Information Management Education (CAHIIM)

  http://www.cahim.org

• The HIM AAS program is in Candidacy Status, pending accreditation review by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).

Education & Social Science

	Division Chair
			Mary Beth Huxel Education & Social Science Chair huxelmb@eastcentral.edu 636-584-6613   Off: AC132
	Union Faculty
			Deborah Schultze, MS, RHIA Director, HIM Program dschultze@eastcentra.edu 636-584-6129  Off: AC133A
			Nanette Sayles, EdD Associate Professor, HIM Program nbsayles@eastcentral.edu
			Dawn Falloon, RHIA Adjunct Instructor, HIM Program dgfalloo@adjunct.eastcentral.edu
	Support Staff
			Claudine Ilko Administrative Assistant Health Information Management chilko@eastcentral.edu 636-584-6598  Off: AC32
			Diann Sethaler Administrative Assistant Education, Soc. Sci. & Tech Div. vdsethal@eastcentral.edu 636-584-6139  Off: AC133A