Health Information Management (HIM)

Health information management combines a profession in health care with information technology.  Health information technicians maintain, collect, and analyze data crucial to the delivery of quality patient care.  The HIM program offers individuals the opportunity to pursue a business-related career that is an essential part of the health care industry. 

The Health Information Management Program covers a wide range of topics including health information management, medical terminology, computer applications, medical billing/coding, healthcare statistics, healthcare reimbursement, continuous quality improvement, and resource management. 

Students who graduate from an accredited associate degree program are eligible to sit for the Registered Health Information Technician certification.  Zane State College is currently pursuing accreditation of the Health Information Management program through the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). 

Career Opportunities:

• Hospitals
• Physician Offices
• Insurance Companies
• Clinics
• Nursing Homes
• Law/computer firms

Faculty - Health Information Management

Misty Hamilton, RHIT
Director / Instructor, Health Information Management
740 / 588 - 1244    •     Health Science Hall, 325B   •     mhamilton@zanestate.edu

Education

• A.A.S., Hocking College - Health Information Management
• B.S., University Cincinnati - Health Information Management (graduating Summer 2008)

Misty Hamilton, RHIT, the program director will graduate from the University of Cincinnati, summer 2008, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Information Management. She received her associate's degree from Hocking College and her Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) certification in 1992. Ms. Hamilton is a member of the American Health Information Management Association and has 15 years of HIM experience.