Health Information Technology Scholarships
Programs That Lead to Well-paying Jobs
Health information technicians are those individuals responsible for making sure each patient's medical record past or present is properly included in an online database. Once upon a time patient records were hard-copy tomes that consumed immense amounts of physical storage space, never mind the process of recalling those volumes each time a patient made a hospital visit. Now, thanks to the advances of information technology, Health Information Technicians have been diligently creating and adding to the online patient databases for the last several years.
Scholarships
You will notice that based on the scholarship information for health information technology programs, that it is quite common for a community college to feature these programs among their lean and efficient allied health programs.
Rochester Community and Technical College is one of the more respected community colleges in this Minnesota town that is also home to the world-famous Mayo Clinic. Students enrolled in the RCTC Health Information Technology Program may apply for the Minnesota Health Information Management Scholarship funded by the MHIMA. Applicants must be state residents and must compete for the $1,000 scholarships by crafting a winning essay.
Howard College sponsors the following scholarships for students in their health information technology program:
- The Texas Health Information Scholarship goes to a number of students in various areas of health information, but one of them is earmarked to annually recognize the efforts of an outstanding student in the Health Information Technology program.
- The Ann Maddox Memorial Award Scholarship assists with funding the education of a couple of students.
- The FORE Scholarship is open to student members of the Health Information Management Association. The FORE is awarded annually to outstanding students majoring in health information technology.
Oakton Community College in Illinois offers students the Health Information Technology Scholarship. Students must have excellent GPAs and be enrolled in the Associates program to qualify.
Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin has a lively health professionals department and provides quite a number of scholarships that are applicable for Health Information Technology majors. These are a sampling:
- Eau Claire Lyons Club Scholarship funds two - $500 scholarships.
- The Carol Ryan Health Information Technology Scholarship goes to the student with the best "positive attitude."
- Tri-County Medical Alliance Endowment Scholarships recognizes students with excellent academic records.
- The Western Wisconsin Health Information Management Association funds scholarships for students in the Health Information Technology program.
The California Health Information Technology Conference annually waives the conference tuition of HIT professionals as well as Health Information Technology student members. Conference fees can be costly and students benefit greatly from such travel scholarships. Students must demonstrate financial need.
Students enrolled in the City College of San Francisco may be interested in the scholarship for Health Information Technology. The award is modest, but the program also caters to non-traditional continuing education students.
