As a health information professional, you will have the potential to use evolving technology and healthcare applications, working with the coding and classification of diseases and treatments for clinical (patient care), financial, research and legal requirements in healthcare.3 Working in healthcare provider organizations—from large hospital systems and private physician practices to a variety of other healthcare organizations, such as insurance companies and research facilities—a health information professional will utilize electronic health records and processes to ensure health information is accurately gathered, protected and accessible to those who need it.3 Health information is a critical link between patients, clinicians, administrators and technology, affecting the quality of patient information at every touch point in the healthcare delivery cycle.3

The Rasmussen University Online Health Information Technician Associate's degree program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) and available to enroll in all states except California, Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.1 Additionally, the CAHIIM-accredited Health Information Technician Associate’s degree program is offered at the Brooklyn Park/Maple Grove, Bloomington, Eagan, Lake Elmo/Woodbury, Mankato, and St. Cloud campuses in Minnesota, the Aurora/Naperville and Rockford campuses in Illinois, and the Green Bay campus in Wisconsin for students enrolling near those campus locations.1 Learn more about the HIT program accreditation.

The Health Information Management Bachelor’s degree program at Rasmussen University – Online is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).1 Learn more about the HIM program accreditation.

Rasmussen University utilizes AHIMA^® virtual labs to help students prepare for the workplace. Courses designed specifically for the lab applications allow students to test their skills and decision-making abilities.

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is a global nonprofit of health information professionals who work with health data for more than a billion patient visits each year. For nearly a century, AHIMA has helped improve health record quality by taking a leadership role in the effective management of health data and information and delivering quality healthcare to the public.

Our Medical Billing and Coding program is fully online. Our Health Information Technician Associate’s degree and Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management courses are fully online with a professional practice experience completed in the final term at a healthcare site.

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