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St. Charles Community College
4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive
Cottleville, MO 63376 | 636-922-8000
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Health Information Technology


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Health Information Management (HIM) improves the quality of healthcare by ensuring that the best information is available to make any healthcare decision.  Health information management professionals manage healthcare data and information resources.  The profession encompasses services in planning, collecting, aggregating, analyzing, and disseminating individual patient and aggregate clinical data.  It serves the healthcare industry including:  patient organizations, payers, research and policy agencies, and other healthcare related industries.