PCC/ CCOG / HIM

Course Content and Outcome Guide for HIM 110

Date:
18-AUG-2009
Posted by:
Curriculum Office
Course Number:
HIM 110
Course Title:
Health Information Tech 1
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture hours:
40
Lecture/Lab hours:
0
Lab hours:
0
Special Fee:
 

Course Description

Health Information Technology 1 Introduces the concept of health information management and health informatics including the components of content, use the structure of healthcare data along with information keeping practices in both paper and electronic systems. Corequisites: HIM 120. Prerequisites: Placement into RD 90, WR 90, MTH 20.

Addendum to Course Description

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

  1. Perform administrative duties in health care facilities including retrieval and filing of records, document imaging, faxing, and e-mail.
  2. Analyze and provide solutions for various problems in administrative functions using knowledge of administrative office management.
  3. Manage the accessibility of stored data and flow of information.
  4. Develop inter-relationships with other disciplines and functions.
  5. Perform knowledge base/library research.

Intended Outcomes for the course

1. Use an understanding of the history, current


practices, ethics, and the mission of the health


information and health informatics professions to make


effective on the job professional decisions.


2. Apply knowledge of health record content and


healthcare information technology to design


information collection systems that adhere to


healthcare accreditation standards and state and


federal regulatory requirements.


3. Design healthcare data collection and audit review


tools to evaluate and analyze healthcare information


for validity, reliability, quality, timeliness,


comprehensiveness, and currency


4. Evaluate and make recommendations on various


health record systems related to the acquisition,


indexing, retrieval, transfer and storage of healthcare


data and information.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Students will demonstrate these learning outcomes by these tasks conducted individually and in cooperation with other students:

  1. Answer theoretical and application questions on information covered in the lecture, graded assignments and reading assignments.
  2. Show competence in completing library and database research on an assigned health care topic.

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

To complete the outcomes the student must have skills and knowledge in:

  • general systems principles
  • critical thinking
  • database research techniques
  • library research techniques