The health care industry is very data-intensive. This characteristic of the health care business will not change even if we move successfully from the era of traditional health care to the e-health care era. Among the key pieces of information in the health care system is the patient record. The patient record is central to the work of virtually everyone associated with planning, organizing, providing, directing, receiving, and reimbursing

By the end of MIT program, you will have learned .computers and medical skills

Including patient records,  procedures, laws and insurance filing forms

Computer systems, including computer hardware or software ,and  provide support services for the entire medical staff and office including repair, upgrade, maintenance 

                                                        
The increasing use of electronic health records (EHR) will continue to broaden and alter the job responsibilities of health information technicians. For example, with the use of EHRs, technicians must be familiar with EHR computer software, maintaining EHR security, and analyzing electronic data to improve healthcare information. Health information technicians use EHR software to maintain data on patient safety, patterns of disease, and disease treatment and outcome. Technicians also may assist with improving EHR software usability and may contribute to the development and maintenance of health information networks.