HIM: Health Information Management

INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Pre-requisite: Admission to the Health Information Technology Program An introduction to health information management including the healthcare environment, healthcare data, and health information analysis. The history, evolution of health care in the United States, and the health information management professional are studied. Ambulatory care, long term care, mental health, and acute care health records are introduced. Forms design, filing methods, and types of numbering systems are covered. 201420.

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C in HIM 1110 This course will review the evolution of information systems in healthcare, the major types of healthcare information system applications, the common hardware configuration, major types of databases, structured and unstructured data, decision support systems, confidentiality, privacy and security and emerging technologies.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C in HSA 1100 and HIM 1012 This is an introductory level course giving the students their initial supervised professional practice experience in the health information management department.

HEALTH CARE STATISTICS AND RESEARCH Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C in HIM 1000, and STA 2023 This course provides an introduction to the terms, definitions, and formulas used in computing healthcare statistics. In addition, the course will include vital statistics data and rates; basic statistical terminology and computations, including frequency distribution, measures of central tendency and measures of variation; techniques for presenting data via computer technology; and basic research terminology and methodologies.

BASIC ICD CODING Prerequisites: Admission to the A.S. HIT Program or be a declared Medical Information Coder/Biller Technical Certificate major and have a minimum grade of C in HIM 1453. This course will introduce the student to the ICD-10 CM classification system with an emphasis on the correct process of utilizing the alphabetic index and tabular list for code assignment. The focus will be on rules, conventions, instructions of ICD-10 CM, as well as the chapter specific guidelines, including criteria for assignment of principal and additional diagnosis in all applicable patient settings, will be addressed.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE II Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C in both HIM 2222C and HIM 2253 Students will apply knowledge and skills for coding patient records using the international classification of diseases (ICD) and/or the current procedural terminology (CPT) coding systems. 202110.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE III Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C in HIM 2500 and HIM 2810L or department approval. This is an advanced level clinical practice which allows the HIT students to participate in health information management functions in either an acute care or non-acute care setting. Topics addressed include various organization and supervision activities. The student will become familiar with and utilize various types of equipment, systems and processes used in health information departments.

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNICIAN REVIEW Prerequisite: HIM 2500 and HIM 2512 A comprehensive review of all the competencies studied in the health information technology program. Students are assisted in preparing for the national certification examination, as well as for entry into the health information management field.