HIT 110  Fundamentals of HIM

This course introduces Health Information Management (HIM) and its role in healthcare delivery systems. Topics include external standards, regulations, and initiatives; payment and reimbursement systems and healthcare providers and disciplines. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of health information management and healthcare organizations, professions, and trends.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 2; Lab, 0; Clinical, 0

Semester Hours Credit: 2

Prerequisite: None

Corequisite: None

HIT 112  Health Law and Ethics

This course covers legislative and regulatory processes, legal terminology, and professional-related and practice-related ethical issues. Topics include confidentiality; privacy and security policies, procedures and monitoring; release of information policies and procedures; and professional-related and practice-related ethical issues. Upon completion, students should be able to apply policies and procedures for access and disclosure of Protected Health Information and apply and promote ethical standards

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 3; Lab, 0; Clinical, 0

Semester Hours Credit: 3

Prerequisite: None

Corequisite: None

HIT 114  Health Data Sys/Standards

This course covers basic concepts and techniques for managing and maintaining health data systems. Topics include structure and use of health information including collection tools, data sources and sets, storage and retrieval, quality and integrity of healthcare data. Upon completion, students should be able to monitor and apply organization-wide health data documentation guidelines and comply with regulatory standards.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 2; Lab, 3; Clinical, 0

Semester Hours Credit: 3

Prerequisite: None

Corequisite: None

HIT 124  Prof Practice Exp II

This course provides supervised clinical experience in healthcare settings. Emphasis is placed on practical application of curriculum concepts to the healthcare setting. Upon completion, students should be able to apply health information theory to healthcare facility practices. The majority of clinical sites are offered during the day.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 1; Lab, 0; Clinical, 3

Semester Hours Credit: 2

Prerequisites: Enrollment in the Health Information Technology program and permission of the program director

Corequisite: None

HIT 210  Healthcare Statistics

This course covers maintenance, compilation, analysis, and presentation of healthcare statistics and research protocols and techniques. Topics include basic statistical principles, indices, databases, registries, vital statistics, descriptive statistics, research protocol monitoring, Institutional Review Board processes, and knowledge-based research techniques. Upon completion, students should be able to apply, interpret, and present healthcare statistics and utilize research techniques to gather and interpret healthcare data.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 3; Lab, 2; Clinical, 0

Semester Hours Credit: 4

Prerequisite: MAT 140 and MAT 140A.

Corequisite: None

HIT 212  ICD-9-CM Coding

This course covers ICD-9-CM diagnostic and procedural coding according to the guidelines of the Cooperating Parties. Emphasis is placed on coding conventions and rules, methodology and sequencing, data sets, documentation requirements, data retrieval, quality control, and use of coding resources. Upon completion, students should be able to apply coding principles to correctly assign ICD-9-CM diagnostic and surgical codes.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 3; Lab, 3; Clinical, 0

Semester Hours Credit: 4

Prerequisites: Enrollment in the Health Information Technology program and permission of the program director

Corequisite: None

HIT 214  CPT/Other Coding Systems

This course covers application of principles and guidelines of CPT/HCPCS coding. Topics include clinical classification/nomenclature systems such as SNOMED, DSM, ICD-O and the use of encoders. Upon completion, students should be able to apply coding principles to correctly assign CPT/HCPCS codes.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 1; Lab, 3; Clinical, 0

Semester Hours Credit: 2

Prerequisites: HIT 212 and enrollment in the Health Information Technology program

Corequisite: None

HIT 215  Reimbursement Methodology

This course covers reimbursement methodologies used in all healthcare settings as they relate to national billing, compliance, and reporting requirements. Topics include prospective payment systems, billing process and procedures, chargemaster maintenance, regulatory guidelines, reimbursement monitoring, and compliance strategies and reporting. Upon completion, students should be able to perform data quality reviews to validate code assignment and comply with reimbursement and reporting requirements.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 1; Lab, 3; Clinical, 0

Semester Hours Credit: 2

Prerequisite: None

Corequisite: None

HIT 216  Quality Management

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 management/performance improvement programs and monitor compliance measures.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 1; Lab, 3; Clinical, 0

Semester Hours Credit: 2

Prerequisite: Enrollment in Health Information Technology program and HIT 114

Corequisite: None

HIT 220  Computers in Healthcare

This course covers electronic health information systems and their design, implementation, and application.  Topics include voice recognition and imaging technology, information security and integrity, data dictionaries, modeling, and warehousing to meet departmental needs.  Upon completion, students should be able to apply policies/procedures to facilitate electronic health records and other administrative applications.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 1; Lab, 2; Clinical, 0

Semester Hours Credit: 2

Prerequisite: HIT 114 and CIS 110 or CIS 111

Corequisite: None

HIT 222  Prof Practice Exp III

This course provides supervised clinical experience in healthcare settings. Emphasis is placed on practical application of curriculum concepts to the healthcare setting. Upon completion, students should be able to apply health information theory to healthcare facility practices.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 0; Lab, 0; Clinical, 6

Semester Hours Credit: 2

Prerequisites: Enrollment in the Health Information Technology program and permission of the program director

Corequisite: None

HIT 226  Principles of Disease

This course covers disease etiology and organ system involvement, including physical signs and symptoms, prognoses, and common complications and their management. Topics include basic microbiology, basic pharmacology, and principles of disease. Upon completion, students should be able to relate disease processes to etiology, physical signs and symptoms, prognosis, and common complications and their management.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 3; Lab, 0; Clinical, 0

Semester Hours Credit: 3

Prerequisite: BIO 169, and MED 121

Corequisite: MED 122

HIT 280  Professional Issues

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.

Course Hours Per Week: Class, 2; Lab, 0; Clinical, 0

Semester Hours Credit: 2

Prerequisite: HIT 214 and Enrollment in the Health Information Technology program

Corequisite: None

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