Health Informatics and Health Information Management Major

Courses

HIHIM 407 Foundations for Healthcare Vocabularies (3)

Focuses on health concepts, documentation, healthcare taxonomies, and clinical vocabularies, terminologies, classifications, and nomenclatures required for health data analysis, clinical coding, and clinical systems associated with the electronic health record.

HIHIM 408 Management Concepts with HIM Applications (3)

Covers core management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and contracting in health care environment and decision-making, operations, supervision, and communication foundations for health information administration.

HIHIM 409 Disease Concepts for Managers (4)

Develops a methodology for understanding and communicating dimensions of disease states as all health state that a person might experience. Presents clear, effective ways to describe the diversity of health conditions and focuses on disease from a health information systems perspective.

HIHIM 410 Introduction to Health Care Systems and Health Data Systems (5)

Covers current issues in health care; relationship of the health care system to health data systems: accreditation, licensure and professional standards; health records analysis, statistics, data linkage, application of professional standards to health records and record management systems; retrieval, tracking and retention systems.

HIHIM 412 Healthcare Coding, Vocabulary and Revenue Cycle Management (5)

Overview of clinical vocabularies and classifications, detailed instruction on International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification (ICD-9-CM) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding principles, and revenue cycle management. Prerequisite: HIHIM 409.

HIHIM 413 Revenue Cycle Management (3)

Covers the revenue cycle management of health information administration.

HIHIM 420 Heath Care Computer Systems and Electronic Health Records (5)

Current health information systems and the role of health informatics; technology infrastructure and health informatics standards, electronic health records, definitions, functions, issues, and barriers; hospitals, ambulatory care, home health and long-term care and computer applications. Prerequisite: HIHIM 410; HIHIM 411.

HIHIM 421 Health Information Systems Analysis (5)

Examines lifestyle systems development process and tools, project management and team coordination, analysis of health information systems, and user requirements. Prerequisite: HIHIM 420.

HIHIM 450 Organizational Theory in Health Facilities and Healthcare Delivery (3)

Addresses the organization of healthcare services across the spectrum of healthcare delivery systems -- both governmental (federal, state, local) and private. Financing of healthcare services and related policy issues are explored.

HIHIM 454 Finance Concepts for Health Care Managers (4)

Covers financial concepts applied to today' s healthcare environment, financial management tools, and budgeting.

HIHIM 455 Professionalism and Leadership (4)

Professional development, leadership assessment and ethics, interpersonal skills and effective communication and human resource management requirements.

HIHIM 456 Quality Assurance and Research in Healthcare (5)

Quality improvement, risk management and utilization management in health care, design and analysis of quality improvement systems, including use of data systems in quality assurance and research; health data retrieval, analysis and presentation, and review of relevant healthcare informatics research. Prerequisite: Statistics; Medical Terminology.

HIHIM 460 Management Project I (3)

Explores the development of management skills and competencies, and a seminar through site experience in health care facilities with campus and clinical faculty. Prerequisite: HIHIM 410

HIHIM 462 Management Project II (5)

Explores applied management using a formal capstone project in a healthcare setting. Prerequisite: HIHIM 460.

HIHIM 470 Legal Concepts for Health Fields (3)

Examines principles of law as applied to the health field, with reference to health information management.

HIHIM 480 Management, Problem-Solving and Decision-Making (4)

Provides the tools and experiences useful at a management level for problem-solving and decision-making in health information administration.

HIHIM 490 Special Topics (1-5, max. 15)

HIHIM 499 Independent Study (1-5, max. 5)