Healthcare Data Analytics
Certificate of Achievement (C) Health Information Technology and Cancer Information · Santa Barbara City College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Overview
The Health Information Technology program at SBCC provides online certificate and degrees to students within the South Central Coast Region (and throughout California). The two year associate degree curriculum is the core educational requirement for the Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) exam; however, completion of one or more specialty tracks allows graduates more options for specialization. One of the specialty tracks recommended by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is in Health Data Analytics. Completion of the Health Data Analytics specialty track would provide a path to an additional AHIMA credential: the Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) credential. AHIMA’s recently published workforce study noted that HIM professionals recognize data analysis as the top needed skill in the future. Currently only 280 individuals hold the CHDA credential.
This proposal focuses on Health care which is a priority sector within the South Central Coast region. Furthermore, this proposal targets a trending job (i.e., HIT Data Analytics Specialist) that has been identified by our regional Deputy Sector Navigator (Health).
The future of HIM must be associated with knowledge workers with high degrees of specialization, which will provide more significant opportunity for individuals with associate degrees. The technical HIM professional level (associate degree) will be more focused, or specialized, bringing awareness to the employer community that associate degree-educated HIM professionals have a deep knowledge in a specific area HIM practice (for example, privacy, auditing, coding, data analysis, etc.).
Requirements
Certificate of Achievement Requirements
Complete all Major Requirements for the Certificate of Achievement with a C or better or Pass in each course. Candidates for a Certificate of Achievement are required to complete at least 20% of the major requirements through SBCC.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Major Requirements | ||
| Required Core | ||
| CIS 101 | Introduction to Computers and Information Systems | 4 |
| orCOMP 101 | Introduction to Computer Applications | |
| HIT 135 | Basic Medical Terminology | 3 |
| BMS 146 | Human Form and Function | 3-4 |
| orBMS 100 | The Human Body | |
| HIT 101 | Introduction to Health Information Management | 3 |
| HIT 102 | Legal Aspects Of Health Care | 3 |
| HIT 204 | Basic Pathophysiology | 3 |
| HIT 202 | International Classification of Diseases, Diagnostic Coding | 2 |
| HIT 203 | International Classification of Diseases, Procedural Coding | 3 |
| HIT 220 | HIM Statistics | 2 |
| HIT 240 | HC Quality Management | 3 |
| HIT 255 | Medical Insurance and Reimbursement Methodologies | 4 |
| HIT 265 | HIM Computer Applications | 3 |
| CIS 107 | Introduction to Database Systems | 4 |
| STAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| orPSY 150 | Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences | |
| orSOC 125 | Introduction to Statistics in Sociology | |
| Total Units | 44.00-45.00 | |
Learning Outcomes
- Recognize relationships among data in clinical and public health settings.
- Apply laws and theories to practical situations in clinical and public health settings.
- Calculate solutions to mathematical problems; interpret charts and translate graphic data; classify items; interpret information; perform multiple calculations to arrive at one answer.
- Revise and apply policies, procedures, or plans for the use of networks, including intranet and internet applications to facilitate the electronic health record (EHR), personal health record (PHR), public health, and other administrative applications.
- Evaluate and compare solutions, case scenarios, reports, plans, ideas, or aspects of a problem and select an appropriate solution for responsive action.
- Create user-friendly, concise reports to facilitate decision-making using internal and external data sources.
- Design metrics and criteria to collect and interpret data to recommend solutions to improve business processes and outcomes.
Recommended Sequence
Make an appointment with your SBCC academic counselor through Starfish to create a Student Education Plan that reflects a recommended course sequence for this program that is tailored to your individual needs.
How to schedule an Academic Counseling appointment.