HLIN 301 - Introduction to Health-Records Management

Institution:

University of Southern California

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Description:

History of health records, professional ethics, and the administration of health-information management as a profession and as a health care-facility service. Techniques for numbering and filing records. Principles of indexes and registers, and retention of records. Overview of nomenclatures and classification systems. Philosophy of accreditation, certification, and licensure standards for hospitals. Introduces health care-reimbursement systems. In-depth study of patient records, including content and documentation formats. Compares hospital versus ambulatory care records.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.usc.edu/

Phone Number:

(213) 740-2311

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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