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Just finishing up my first semester of HIT, and no... - me

Posted: Apr 14, 2015

I will not be continuing. So boring! I thought HIT/RHIT would be a good way for me to get into coding, but I can see now that was the wrong decision.

Questions for you - Curious Coder

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1. What specifically made you choose an HIT program? And THAT HIT program?

2. What, exactly, did you take in one semester and why was it boring?

3. Have you even taken any actual coding yet?

4. Is this making you give up on coding entirely? In other words, are you assuming that this boring HIT program is reflective of the boringness of coding, and of the boringness of everything in Health Information Management?

5. Did you see our advice here about coding courses before you signed up for HIT?

I'm very curious to know the answers, and I think they will help others.

I never recommend HIT programs as a way to learn coding. You can learn coding faster just by taking a specialized course. You can often learn it better that way, too.

HIT programs CAN be boring, because they cover material at a lower level than a 4-year university RHIA program. They are worker-bee training programs. Most of them are still stuck in decades-old paper record technology, too. Yes, it is boring.

Community colleges are geared to give job skills to anyone who applies, not to provide the first two years of Harvard.

In the early part of them, they also require you to complete a lot of boring general requirements like speech, personal wellness, how to studY, grammar and composition, math, and intro
to MS Word.

Frankly, I have never met anyone who thought one of those HIT programs was anything less than torture. I have met few people coming out of them who could code well enough to get a certification.

And that is why I don't recommend them. I will recommend Western Governors and other university programs, but I cannot see wasting time on an HIT program when you can do a full RHIA at WG in the same time and probably less cost.

If you are interested in coding, you can do that in LESS than half the time and for less cost, and usually better results.

CURIOUS - CODERTOBE

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I am curious as to why you are quitting so early? I am also in a program pursuing my associates in HIM. You do not actually get into coding until later in your education. What you are learning in your early semesters is all information that you need to add onto later on.

answer - me

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It's mind-numbingly boring. And I think that it will be too light on the coding to really be able to get a good coding job.

WHY RHIT and not just coding - Happy

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Why decision for RHIT when you could focus on just the coding certification. AAPC has excellent on line program, only 4 months long.

AAPC on line is a good course but I'd challenge anyone who - see message

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can actually complete it in 4 months. You do have an instructor assigned to you but it takes time to grasp all the information. It's hard having a family, working full time and taking the course. I couldn't do it in 4 months.

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