HIT 114 – Health Data Sys/Standards

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 2 Lab: 3 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 3
This course covers concepts and techniques for managing and maintaining all health record formats including electronic health records (EHR). Topics include structure and use of health information including data collection and analysis, data sources/sets, archival systems, as well as quality and integrity of healthcare data. Upon completion, students should be able to determine compliance of Read More

HIT 124 – Prof Practice Exp II

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 0 Lab: 0 Clinic: 3 Work: 0 Credits: 1
This course provides supervised and/or simulated health information technology clinical experience in healthcare settings. Emphasis is placed on practical application of HIM functions and core curriculum concepts. Upon completion, students should be able to apply health information theory to healthcare facility practices.

HIT 211 – Diagnosis Coding & Reporting

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 2 Lab: 3 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 3
This course covers diagnostic coding and sequencing utilizing the current version of the ICD code set for inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory care settings. Emphasis is placed on the rules and conventions of the ICD official coding guidelines in relation to anatomy, physiology and disease processes. Upon completion, students should be able to accurately assign and Read More

HIT 213 – Input Processing Coding & Reporting

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 1 Lab: 3 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 2
This course covers the application of coding guidelines as applied to the reporting of inpatient procedures. Emphasis is placed on the rules and conventions of the ICD-PCS code set utilizing the index and tables, in relation to anatomy and physiology to assign principal and secondary procedure codes in hospital inpatient settings. Upon completion, students should Read More

HIT 214 – OP Procedure Coding/Reporting

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 1 Lab: 3 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 2
This course covers application of coding and reporting standards as they apply to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) guidelines and principles. Emphasis is placed on application of the coding guidelines, in relation to anatomy and physiology, for ambulatory healthcare settings. Upon completion, students should be able to assign CPT/HCPCS procedural codes according to official guidelines and Read More

HIT 215 – Revenue Cycle Management

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 1 Lab: 3 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 2
This course covers the revenue cycle management process used in all healthcare settings as they relate to national billing, compliance, and reporting requirements. Topics include clinical documentation improvement, prospective payment systems, billing processes and procedures, charge master maintenance, regulatory guidelines, fraud and abuse, reimbursement monitoring, compliance strategies and reporting. Upon completion, students should be able Read More

HIT 216 – Quality Management

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 1 Lab: 3 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 2
This course introduces principles of quality assessment and improvement, and utilization, risk, and case management, in healthcare. Topics include Continuous Quality Improvement, and case management processes, data analysis/reporting techniques, credentialing, regulatory quality monitoring requirements, and outcome measures and monitoring. Upon completion, students should be able to abstract, analyze, and report clinical data for facility-wide quality Read More

HIT 217 – Quality & Data Analysis

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 2 Lab: 3 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 3
This course covers the principles of quality assessment and improvement, including data analysis and decision making in healthcare. Topics include healthcare statistics, continuous quality improvement, data analysis and reporting techniques, quality and outcome metric monitoring. Upon completion, students should be able to compute healthcare statistics, abstract, analyze and report clinical data for organization-wide quality and Read More

HIT 218 – Mgmt Principles in HIT

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 3
This course covers organizational management concepts as applied to healthcare settings. Topics include leadership skills, managing organizational change, best practices, decision-making, financial management, cultural diversity, ethics, consumer engagement, and workforce training. Upon completion, students should be able to apply management, leadership, and supervisory concepts to various healthcare settings.

HIT 220 – Electronic Health Records

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 1 Lab: 2 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 2
This course covers EHR systems, design, implementation and application. Topics include EHR, informatics, information governance, health information exchange (HIE), speech & imaging technology, information/network security & integrity, data dictionaries, modeling and warehousing. Upon completion, students should be able to facilitate usage of electronic health record systems and other technologies.