HIT 110 – Intro to Healthcare & HIM

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 3
This course introduces healthcare settings and the Health Information Management (HIM) professional’s role in healthcare delivery systems. Topics include health information management operations in compliance with standards, regulations and accrediting body initiatives; healthcare providers and disciplines; and electronic health records (EHRs). Upon completion, student should be able to demonstrate an understanding of health information management … Read More

HIT 112 – Health Law & Ethics

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 3
This course covers the study of the judicial, legislative, and regulatory standards applicable to health care and health information processes. Topics include legal terminology, confidentiality, privacy, security, access and disclosure of health information, ethical implications, data stewardship, and the integrity of the legal health record. Upon completion, students should be able to apply policies, procedures … Read More

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
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