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.

HIT 222 – Prof Practice Exp III

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 0 Lab: 0 Clinic: 6 Work: 0 Credits: 2
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 226 – Pathophysiology & Phamacology

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 2 Lab: 3 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 3
This course covers principles of disease and the associated pharmacological treatments. Emphasis is placed on physical signs and symptoms, prognoses, common complications and therapeutic options. Upon completion, students should be able to relate disease processes to physical signs and symptoms, prognosis, common complications and their management.

HIT 280 – HIM Capstone

Health Information Technology
Lecture: 2 Lab: 0 Clinic: 0 Work: 0 Credits: 2
This course provides a comprehensive discussion of topics common to the health information profession. Emphasis is placed on application of professional competencies, job search tools, and preparation for the certification examination. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate competence in entry-level domains and subdomains for health information technologies.
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