Business Healthcare Technology (BHT2) Diploma

Campus Availability and Advisement:

• Catoosa County Campus  Advisor: Elisabeth Hunt
• Floyd County Campus  Advisor: Gina Stephens
• Gordon County Campus  Advisor: Gina Stephens
• Polk County Campus  Advisor: Gina Stephens
• Walker County Campus Advisor: Elisabeth Hunt
• Whitfield Murray Campus  Advisor: Elisabeth Hunt

• This program is also available 100% online. For online advisement, contact any of the above.

Program Description:

The Business Healthcare Technology program is designed to prepare graduates for employment in a variety of positions in today's technology-driven workplaces. The Business Healthcare Technology program provides learning opportunities, which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program emphasizes the use of software and technology. Students are also introduced to accounting fundamentals, electronic communications, internet research, electronic file management, and healthcare regulation and compliance. The program includes instruction in effective communication skills and terminology that encompasses office management and executive assistant qualification and technology innovations for the office. Additionally, the program provides opportunities to upgrade present knowledge and skills or to retrain in the area of administrative technology. Graduates of the program receive a Business Healthcare Technology Diploma.

Note: All occupational curriculum within this program must be completed with a “C” or better in order to graduate from the program.

Basic Skills Courses

EMPL 1000	Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development	2
	OR
PSYC 1010	Basic Psychology	3
MATH 1011	Business Math	3
	OR
MATH 1012	Foundations of Mathematics	3
ENGL 1005	Applied Technical Communication	3
	OR
ENGL 1010	Fundamentals of English I	3

Occupational Curriculum

BUSN 1440	Document Production	4
BUSN 2190	Business Document Proofreading and Editing	3
BUSN 1015	Introduction to Healthcare Reimbursement	3
BUSN 2375	Healthcare Coding	3
BUSN 2340	Healthcare Administrative Procedures	4
XXXX xxxx	Occupational Guided Electives (Must See Advisor)	7
COMP 1000	Introduction to Computer Literacy	3
	OR
BUSN 1000	Computers in Healthcare	3
	OR
HIMT 1151	Computer Applications in Healthcare	4
BUSN 2350	Electronic Health Records	3
	OR
HIMT 1250	Health Record Content and Structure	2
BUSN 1800	Introduction to Healthcare Accounting	3
	OR
BUSN 2200	Office Accounting	4
	OR
ACCT 1100	Financial Accounting I	4
BUSN 1010	Medical Terminology, Anatomy, and Diseases for Business	6
	Or All Of The Following Three Requirements
MAST 1120	Human Diseases	3
	AND
BUSN 2300	Medical Terminology	2
	OR
ALHS 1090	Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences	2
	AND
BUSN 2310	Anatomy and Terminology for the Medical Administrative Assistant	3
	OR
	OR
ALHS 1011	Structure and Function of the Human Body	5

Total Credit Hours: 46 Minimum Credit Hours for Graduation