The objective of Arizona College of Allied Health's Health Information Specialist course is to provide a sound education environment for instruction and training to equip its graduates for entry level jobs as health information specialists. This is accomplished through approximately one half of the course consisting of lecture/demonstration and one half hands on laboratory procedures.

The Health Information Specialist is concerned with health-related information and the systems used to collect, process, store, retrieve, and communicate information for the support of operations, management, and decision making within an enterprise. The specialist is qualified to work in a wide variety of health-care settings, governmental agencies, and managed care organizations. As computerization of information advances, the specialist is vital to medical coding, computerized billing and patient care data analysis.

Arizona College of Allied Health's Health Information Specialist academic program is three (3) quarters in length, each quarter consisting of twelve (12) weeks. The student is then required to complete a four (4) week clinical externship. The program length will be approximately forty (40) weeks in duration. A typical student will attend classes between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Classes are based on the standard educational hour of fifty (50) minutes. Appropriate class breaks will be provided.