Featured Programs from Hodges University:

• Health Administration - BS
• Health Information Technology - AS

Health Administration - Bachelor of Science
The purpose of the Bachelor's of Health Administration is to provide interested students a quality undergraduate program in health administration and management through an innovative curriculum. The program strives to offer an outstanding experience for adult learners to engage in active learning to enhance their knowledge of the business of healthcare in today's society. Graduates of the program will be prepared to fulfill management and leadership roles and responsibilities in a variety of healthcare fields. The program is developed around a core curriculum of required courses within healthcare, along with a series of liberal arts courses to assure the broadest based educational experience for the student. Students have the opportunity to select from an approved list of electives courses to complete their degree.

This Health Administration BS degree program includes courses such as:

• Unites States Healthcare System
• The Healthcare Professional as Manager
• Human Resource Management in Healthcare
• Issues and Trends in Healthcare
• Healthcare Regulation and Law
• Healthcare Policy
• Financial Management in Health Services
• 21st Century Leadership in Healthcare
• Research Methods in Healthcare

Health Information Technology - Associate of Science
The CAHIIM accredited Health Information Technology associate degree program will prepare the student to perform information management services that directly impact the quality of patient care. These functions include organizing, analyzing and technically evaluating health information; compiling various administrative and health statistics; coding diseases, operations, procedures and therapies; maintaining and using health information indexes; creating disease data registries; facilitating storage and retrieval of health data; utilizing computerized health data; and controlling the use and release of health information.

Graduates of the program may find employment in acute care hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, clinics, nursing homes, physician’s offices, home health care, insurance companies, and health departments in various roles from technical support to supervision of day-to-day operations of the health information department. Health Information Technology program graduates are eligible to apply to the national qualifying examination for certification as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT).

This Health Information Technology AS degree program includes courses such as:

• Medical Terminology for Clinical Studies
• Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology
• Health Records
• Essentials of Pharmacology
• Outpatient Coding and Reimbursement
• Human Disease, Diagnosis, and Treatment
• Inpatient Coding
• Health Data Management
• Fundamentals of Healthcare Quality Management
• Healthcare Information Systems
• Management Principles of Health Professionals

Hodges University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

The Health Information Technology AS degree program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).