Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
ECRA-0337
Organization's ID:
HIT105
Organization:
Eastwick College
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
12 weeks (48 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Health Information Management or Health Information Technology
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to introduce students to healthcare delivery settings and delineates career opportunities for health information management professionals. Students learn to analyze medical records and to abstract data needed for reimbursement. Various types of numbering and filing systems, indices, registers, and circulation methods are discussed. Students learn to process admissions and discharges and to update the master patient index. The importance of patient confidentiality is taught.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Describe the history behind medical records
  • Describe the abstracting process
  • Identify the documentation requirements for different healthcare settings
  • Describe the legal aspects of medical records
  • Summarize the relevance of medical records to auditing
  • Explain the current Electronic Medical Record standards

General Topics:

  • Health care delivery system
  • History of medicine
  • Health information management professionals and career opportunities
  • Health care settings
  • Freestanding, hospital-based, hospital-owned, behavioral health care facilities
  • Patient records
  • Electronic health records
  • Numbering and filing systems, record storage and circulation
  • Indexes, registers, health data collection
  • Legal aspects of health information management
  • Introduction to coding and reimbursement
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Case Studies
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials