HIT 230 - Clinical Affiliation II

Institution:

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Subject:

Health Information Tech

Description:

This is the student's second clinical placement in the Medical Record Technology program. Each student will be placed in a medical record department of an area acute care facility for 8 hours during each week of the semester. During this time the students will concentrate their time in the coding/abstracting and DRG assignment sections of the department. Students will be exposed to quality assurance practices within the department of medical records. As well each student will have an opportunity to visit the departments of quality assurance and utilization review. Each student will complete a clinical project to be decided upon jointly by the HIT program director and the Medical Record Department director in an area related to the affiliation rotations.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.lccc.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 799-2121

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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