{"id":6347,"date":"2018-04-25T15:46:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T20:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/health\/?page_id=6347"},"modified":"2021-03-05T09:32:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:32:03","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/health\/hitt\/mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission &amp; Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1560803756746{margin-bottom: 20px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #494e6b !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;nav-column&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Program Info<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;527&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle_2&#8243;][vc_raw_html]JTVCY3NzbWVudW1ha2VycHJvJTIwaWQlM0QlMjIxNzU2MiUyMiU1RCUwOQ==[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1528141410286{margin-bottom: 20px !important;margin-left: 7px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;middle-column&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1519760803266{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Mission &amp; Goals<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1524690742928{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]The Health Information Technology program of Austin Community College strives to be an exemplary program graduating highly qualified individuals to fill the employment needs for Health Information Technologists. The general goal of the Health Information Technology Program at Austin Community College is to prepare competent health information technology professionals through guidance, excellent academic instruction and professional training utilizing traditional and innovative means while understanding the cultural diversity of individuals, maintaining a student\u2010centered philosophy, striving to make wise use of community and educational resources and materials, conducting ongoing self\u2010 evaluation of the program, and maintaining an outstanding accreditation rating.<\/p>\n<p>The Health Information Technology program is committed to providing its students with a basic general education as well as presenting the opportunity for the student to develop specific skills within a two\u2010 year, Associate of Applied Science degree program which will prepare the graduate for employment in the Health Information field. 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