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Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

Certification

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Registered Health Information Technician -certified professionals work in hospitals, but are also found in other healthcare setting including office-based physician practices, nursing homes, home health agencies, mental health facilities, and public health agencies.

Cost

The cost of the RHIT exam is $229 for AHIMA members and $299 for non-membersShow moreShow less

Format

Hybrid

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Detailed information about this program

Registered Health Information Technician -certified professionals work in hospitals, but are also found in other healthcare setting including office-based physician practices, nursing homes, home health agencies, mental health facilities, and public health agencies. Currently, AHIMA only accepts HIM degree programs to sit for the RHIT. Health informatics is not currently supported for the RHIT exam. Candidates must meet one of the following eligibility requirements to sit for the RHIT examination: Successfully complete the academic requirements, at an associate degree level, of a Health Information Management (HIM) program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM); or Graduate from an HIM program approved by a foreign association with which AHIMA has a reciprocity agreement

Requirements

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Apply health information guidelines and standards to maintain the integrity and content of the health record
  • Manage EHR functionality, data workflows, and document control to ensure accurate and complete health information
  • Educate clinicians on documentation standards and support patient portal navigation and use
  • Manage access, use, and disclosure of protected health information in compliance with applicable laws and regulations
  • Apply record retention guidelines and mitigate privacy and security risks within the health information system
  • Educate internal and external stakeholders on privacy, access, and disclosure policies and procedures
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars29-9021.00
  • Medical Records Specialists29-2072.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Certification)

  • Patient medical histories — obtain, verify, and organize with reduced oversight, ensuring accuracy and completeness in a busy outpatient or hospital records department.
  • Diagnostic and procedural codes — assign using categorization software with routine proficiency, resolving common coding discrepancies independently in a clinical health information setting.
  • Electronic health record systems — maintain and update patient data regularly, adapting to departmental workflow changes in a multi-provider clinical environment.
  • Health information documentation — evaluate for compliance with regulatory standards, applying critical thinking to identify and correct errors in a medical records unit.
  • Billing and claims submissions — prepare and transmit routine insurance claims using billing software, addressing standard rejections without supervisor escalation in a medical office.
  • Patient data queries — conduct structured database searches to support clinical and administrative reporting needs in a health information department.
  • Interdisciplinary communication — convey health record findings clearly to clinical and administrative staff using appropriate medical language in a team-based care setting.
  • Voice recognition software — utilize to transcribe and edit medical documentation efficiently, maintaining accuracy standards in a high-volume transcription environment.
  • Record release and information requests — process following applicable legal and organizational guidelines with moderate independence in a hospital health information office.
  • Health information trends — monitor departmental data quality metrics and report irregularities to supervisors using established monitoring protocols in a clinical records setting.

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