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Graduates of the Borough of Manhattan Community Colleges Health Information Technology (HIT) program are eligible to sit for the Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) exam—a necessary step if they want to take full career advantage of the medical industrys shift to electronic medical records, or EMRs. There are certificate coding schools out there, says BMCC professor Rawle Chichester, who teaches Intro to Electronic Medical Records, but this is the only program in New York City accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Informational Management Education [CAHIIM], that awards an associate degree—making you eligible to take the RHIT exam. The only one. With unemployment hitting 10.6% in New York City, money spent on education and training must be wisely placed. Students who earn an associate degree in BMCCs HIT program are investing their education dollars to enter a field that is not only growing, but backed by the Obama administration—which set aside $46 billion to help doctors and hospitals go electronic, by 2014. From ethics to coding: hands-on, well rounded training At BMCC, students experience first hand, the type of medical data experience theyll encounter as EMR professionals. We have practice software we get directly from AHIMA–the American Health Information Management Association, says Chichester, which students can access from home or in class. Entering a field thats breaking new ground in information sharing, they also …