WANTED:

Education Liaisons in Kentucky:  If you would be interested in becoming a KHIMA Educational Representative and creating great educational experiences for our HIM professionals please fill out our "Contact Us" form and someone will get with you as soon as possible or go to our "KHIMA - Committees" page and contact one of our Committee Members under the Education Committee Listing. 

Colleges and Technical Programs

The following educational programs provide the knowledge and skills necessary for becoming a health information professional. Please visit each of their web sites to learn the details of the programs offered.

EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (HIA program) Health Services Administration program - option in Health Care Administration and Informatics

Address: 117 Dizney Building 521 Lancaster Avenue Richmond, KY 40475
Web Site:  Eastern Kentucky University

Program Director: Dawn W. Jackson, DrPH, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA 
Phone: (859) 622-1915
E-mail: Dawn.Jackson@eku.edu

JEFFERSON COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE (HIT)
AAS Degree in Health Information Technology - plus certification options in Release of Information & Medical Record Coding

Address: 109 E. Broadway, HSB 482
Louisville, KY 40202
Web Site:  Jefferson Community and Technical College

Program Director:  Mindy Nicholson, RHIA, CHC
Phone:  (502) 213-2219
E-mail:  mindy.nicholson@kctcs.edu

MIDLAND COLLEGE 
 
 Midland College is part of Region D’s Consortia Colleges receiving ARRA funding and is willing to provide online training in any of the three workforce development roles not offered by Kentucky Community colleges: 

• Implementation Manager
• Implementation Support Specialist
• Technical Software Specialist

Information about these roles can be found at:

HITECH Workforce Development Roles Brochure

Admission to these certificates, funding opportunities and costs will be the identical to that required of in-state applicants.  If you are interested, please visit our website or contact Jennifer Goolsby at 432- 685- 6891.   This is your opportunity to complete your training!


**NEW for Midland College**

Midland College is going to extend its HITECH offering into November; offering a new class starting November 1st.   Most of our consortia partners have stopped offering HITECH courses.

Midland participants, who complete their workforce role certificate, are eligible for full tuition reimbursement (as long as funding is available), a no charge voucher to take AHIMA’s HITPRO certification examination, free membership to HIMSS and 20 AHIMA CEUs.

Midland offers all 6 workforce roles with all courses being online.

For more information please contact Melinda Teel, RHIA, CCS at mteel@midland.edu. 

Click here for the HITECH PowerPoint Presentation for Information to look at along with the HITT Brochure to print out above:

HITECH PowerPoint Presentation

NATIONAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY (HIT Program)
Health Information Technology Program

Address: 3950 Dixie Hwy
Louisville, KY 40216
Web Site:  National College of Business & Technology

Phone:  (502) 447-7634

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (HIM)
Health Information Management Program

Address: 126 South Campus1355 Nashville Road
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Web Site:  Western Kentucky University

Program Director:  Karen C. Sansom, MS, RHIA
Phone:  (270) 780-2567
E-mail:  Karen.Sansom@wku.edu