Health Information Management Courses
- INFO-B 430 Introduction to Health Informatics (3 cr.) Course introduces the foundations of health informatics. It reviews how information science and computer technology can be applied to enhance research and practice in healthcare. The basic principles of informatics that govern communication systems, clinical decisions, information retrieval, telemedicine, bioinformatics and evidence-based medicine will be explored.
- INFO-B 435 Clinical Information Systems (3 cr.) Course covers human-computer interface and systems design, healthcare decision support and clinical guidelines, system selection, organizational issues in system integration, project management for information technology change, system evaluation, regulatory policies, impact of the Internet, economic impacts of e-health, distributed healthcare information technologies, and future trends.
- INFO-B 481 Health Information Standards and Terminologies (3 cr.) Health information standards specify representation of health information for communication between information systems. Standards not only standardize data formats, but also the conceptualizations underlying the data structures. The design process of data standards, domain analysis, conceptualization, modeling, and the methods and tools commonly used are explored.
- HIM-M 108 Introduction to Health Information Management (3 cr.) Course introduces the health information management profession and healthcare delivery systems. Topics include healthcare settings, the patient record, electronic health records (EHRs), data collection standards, legal aspects of health information, coding, and reimbursement. Students gain hands-on experience with a virtual EHR and examine the impact of EHRs on healthcare.
- HIM-M 110 Computer Concepts for Health Information (3 cr.) Course provides an overview of applications for the health and medical professionals. Topics include: audit trails, generating, quantifying and analyzing medical reports, word processing, computer hardware, medical software, copyright and fair usage. Students retrieve and present medical data.
- HIM-M 120 Data Organization and Presentation in the Healthcare Environment (3 cr.) P: HIM-M110 Students will study and apply problem solving, decision analysis and data presentation techniques used in healthcare data representation for both internal and external users. ICD and CPT classification systems will be modeled and analyzed utilizing spreadsheets.
- HIM-M 200 Database Design for Health Information Management (3 cr.) Introduction to database design with an emphasis on managing data in the health information environment. Topics and concepts include creating data table relationships and normalization. Utilizing Microsoft Access to create user forms and reports. Students will be required to create a large group project.
- HIM-M 220 Healthcare Informatics for Decision Support (3 cr.) P: HIM-M200 This course provides an overview of essential information technology tools necessary for quantitative and qualitative decision making in a healthcare environment. Students will learn effective methods to analyze patient data including ICD and CPT classification systems as they relate to decision processes in a healthcare environment.
- HIM-M 275 Effective Communication for the Healthcare Environment (3 cr.) Course is designed to develop effective interaction among internal and external customers in a healthcare environment. Emphasis is placed on professional communications with superiors, peers and subordinates in all areas of healthcare. Topics include: policy creation, HIM job descriptions, information technology proposal requests, e-mail etiquette and presentation skills.
- HIM-M 325 Health Care Information Requirements and Standards I (3 cr.) Course outlines the essential documents/data content required for maintaining legal health records using paper and electronic media. Federal, state and local law, accreditation standards and regulatory requirements for maintaining patient data examined. Documentation in acute care, psychiatric and other healthcare settings. Students begin to explore the health information management professions.
- HIM-M 327 Healthcare Information Requirements and Standards II (3 cr.) This course is a continuation of HIA-M 325 and includes the ongoing review of health record documentation, in particular secondary data bases such as cancer registry, long term care and other healthcare settings. Healthcare information resources, both in print and on the World Wide Web are researched and examined extensively.
- HIM-M 328 Laboratory Enrichment for Healthcare Information Requirements and Standards II (1 cr.) P: HIM-M 325. This course consists of exercises that reinforce the lectures in HIA-M 327. Students explore Web resources used in the healthcare field and perform extensive database searches.
- HIM-M 330 Medical Terminology (3 cr.) The purpose of this course is to further develop a student’s understanding and use of medical terminology. There is a focus on spelling and pronunciation, abbreviations, analyzing words based on their root, prefix or suffix as well as identifying common mistakes within medical terminology.
- HIM-M 345 Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Information Release (3 cr.) Course covers legal and ethical concepts in medicine and healthcare as applied to physicians, healthcare workers, hospitals, and other institutions. It focuses on confidentiality and privacy in the release of information and the privacy and security of electronic healthcare transactions and code sets under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
- HIM-M 350 Pathophysiology & Pharmacology for HIM I (3 cr.) P: HIM-M330 This course will cover pathophysiology and pharmacology associated with the body systems.
- HIM-M 351 Pathophysiology & Pharmacology for HIM II (3 cr.) P: HIM-M350 This course is a continuation of HIM-M350. Course will cover pathophysiology and pharmacology associated with the body systems.
- HIM-M 355 ICD-9-CM Coding (3 cr.) P: HIM-M330 Course covers both diagnosis and procedure classification systems, namely the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification and Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-CM/PCS). Students learn accurate coding guidelines to code, index, and sequence diagnoses and procedures for medical documentation. Ethical coding guidelines are examined.
- HIM-M 358 CPT Coding (3 cr.) P: HIM-M 355. Focus on Current Procedural Terminology coding. Sequence of procedures as they relate to correct coding guidelines. Study of Health Care Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) will also be included.
- HIM-M 370 Health information Management (3 cr.) This course will focus on human resources management in a Health information Department. Work scheduling, work flow and work design will be discussed. Other issues in managing an HIM department will be addressed such as education and training, establishing productivity standards, developing a budget and managing contracts.
- HIM-M 400 Health Information Research and Analysis Methods (3 cr.) Course introduces methods of research and data analysis for inquiry in health information management. Students develop skills in planning, conducting, reporting, and assessing research and data analysis. These skills are then applied to biomedical data to support healthcare related decision making.
- HIM-M 420 Health Information Project Management (3 cr.) This course weaves together theory and practice and presents an understandable, integrated view of the many concepts skills, tools, and techniques involved in project management. Students will receive up-to-date information on how good project management and effective use of software can help you manage projects, especially information technology projects.
- HIM-M 425 Quantitative Analysis of Health Information (3 cr.) This course will outline the procedures associated with vital statistics in health care (birth/death certificates). The student will learn about the statistics associated with health care. The research portion will focus on data search and access techniques, national research policy making, biomedical and health research investigation, and research protocol data management.
- HIM-M 443 Professional Practicum in Health Information Management I (1-8 cr.) This course is designed to provide professional practice experience in an approved clinical site under the direction of an HIA faculty member and an onsite clinical instructor. Students also receive didactic and practicum experience in the classroom. Emphasis on clinical science, health information management, business administration and information systems.
- HIM-M 444 Professional Practicum in Health Information Management II (1-8 cr.) P: HIM-M 443.
This course is a continuation of HIM-M 443 and includes professionally supervised experience in an approved clinical site as well as practicum experience in the classroom.
- HIM-M 457 Practicum in Medical Coding (4 cr.) Course is designed for students completing the Certificate in Medical Coding. Students will participate in a supervised laboratory practicum focusing on the coding of complex medical records using both the ICD and CPT coding systems. Onsite observations related to coding function in approved clinical settings are included in the course content.
- HIM-M 462 Healthcare Quality Improvement (3 cr.) This course will identify quality/performance improvement methods and techniques for health care professionals. Interpretation of data appropriate to user needs and presentation of information will also be covered.
- HIM-M 470 Healthcare Reimbursement Systems (3 cr.) P: HIM-M355 Course will present data elements that apply to prospective payment systems. It will allow the student to gain the knowledge of correct reimbursement systems and to identify issues and patient types in meeting medical necessity guidelines.
- HIM-M 475 Health information Technology (3 cr.) Introduction to health information standards that have been developed for the electronic health record and information interoperability and standards in development. Emphasis on understanding healthcare organization networks, intranets, the role of the Internet in patient data access, differences between clinical and administrative information systems used in healthcare organizations and the management and maintenance of those systems.
- HIM-M 490 RHIA Exam Preparation (3 cr.) This course reviews technical and administrative aspects of domain topics required to pass of the Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) examination. (Students enrolled in this course are expected to take the RHIA exam concurrently.)
- INFO-B 405 Social Foundations of Biomedical Informatics (3 cr.) This course introduces the economics of information businesses and societies. It examines how the use of information and information technology is influenced by laws and regulations, the ownership of intellectual property, and organizational culture.
- INFO-B 413 The Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Electronic Health Record Systems (3 cr.) Students learn how to design, implement, and evaluate electronic health record (EHR) system and how to use technology to support their data acquisition, storage, reuse, interoperability, exchange, and analysis. They also evaluate their legal, ethical, and regulatory implications and learn how to build teams to manage their implementation in healthcare organizations.
- INFO-B 441 Business of Health Informatics (3 cr.) This course examines the economic impact of the adoption of healthcare information technology. Students explore its role as a strategic asset and analyze its return on investment to make a case for investment. Topics include decision support system, barcode tracking, electronic health records, and pay-for-performance incentives.
- INFO-B 442 Clinical Decision Support Systems (3 cr.) This course examines clinical decision support systems (CDSS), both the current state of the art and their historical development. Topics include the application of CDSS to clinical practice, patient-centered CDSS, clinical vocabularies, legal and ethical issues, and mathematical foundations of the knowledge-based and pattern recognition systems.
- INFO-B 481 Health Information Standards and Terminologies (3 cr.) Health information standards specify representation of health information for communication between information systems. Standards not only standardize data formats, but also the conceptualizations underlying the data structures. The design process of data standards, domain analysis, conceptualization, modeling, and the methods and tools commonly used are explored.
- INFO-B 482 Health Information Exchange (3 cr.) This course introduces health information exchange (HIE), the electronic transfer of administrative and clinical information among healthcare organizations. Students examine strategic, organizational, legal, technical, and sociopolitical aspects of HIE initiatives in the U.S. and abroad, including their impact on healthcare quality, safety, efficiency, and cost.
- INFO-B 483 Security and Privacy Policies and Regulations for Healthcare (3 cr.) This course discusses privacy and security regulations for healthcare information transactions including policy, procedures, guidelines, security architectures, risk assessments, disaster recovery, and business continuity. Particular attention is given to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
