Health Information Technology
School of Business & Computer Technologies
Breuder Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center, Rm. E257 · (570) 327-4517
If you are looking for a career in healthcare, but aren’t sure if you’re cut out to work directly with patients, Health Information Technology may be what you’re looking for. Pennsylvania College of Technology's Health Information Technology major combines an educational background in healthcare with a background in technology.
The healthcare aspects of the program prepare you with knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, pharmacology, and pathology and disease process so that you can read and interpret clinical data about patients. This knowledge is utilized in various functions performed by the health information professional such as coding and reimbursement, abstracting, working with other professionals in quality improvement, case review and other committees and functions.
The technology component prepares you with a general knowledge of computers and computer applications as well as providing you with an understanding of specific systems and applications used to prepare, maintain and manage patient information in a variety of healthcare settings and healthcare related organizations.
Health Information Technology News
Speakers Address Health-Care Compliance, Identity Theft
October 2007
"Identity Theft and Health-Care Compliances," the final event in Penn College's informative observance of
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
, was held Thursday afternoon in the Madigan Library's second-floor reading loft. Speakers for the event were Monica R. Turri, compliance officer for Susquehanna Health (in left photo), who discussed protection of medical records under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; and Karen Orwan, security officer for Omega Bank, and Brenda Bittner, Omega's branch development and education coordinator, who addressed ways to combat identify theft.Penn College Aims to Raise Level of ‘Cyber Security Awareness’
September 2007