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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the theoretrical and clinical aspects of hemodialysis, including the duties and responsibilities essential to the delivery of patient care in the chronic outpatient setting.
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5.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: Program admission) This course will focus on the theoretrical and clinical aspects of hemodialysis, including the duties and responsibilities essential to the delivery of patient care in the chronic outpatient setting.
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: Program admission) This course focuses on orienting the student to the health information profession. Students will also be introduced to primary and secondary records systems, content and structure of health care data and data sets of patient data elements; structure of health care in the United States and an outline of its providers; structure and function of American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA); accrediting, licens ing, certifying, and government participation in health care; compilation of medical information throughout the patient's course of treatment in the health care facility.
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: Program admission) This course focuses on the study of legal principles related to patient care, medi cal records and health information. Also addressed are legal terminology and procedures, court systems, and liability of health care providers. Importance of medical record as a legal document and the effect of confidentiality on release of information function; record retention and destruction of records are studied; current legal issues, ethics and laws are discussed.
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5.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: HIT 201) This course will examine various technologies used for the collection and management of clinical data. Topics include numbering, filing, patient registration, master patient index, monitoring chart completion, tracking chart location, and correspondence; organization, requirements, and contents of disease regis tries; data abstracting and retrieval techniques, and man agement of medical transcription services. The methods range from paper to computer based systems, including optical disk and voice recognition.
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4.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: HIT 201, HIT 203) This course analyzes the study of methods and formulas used in computing and preparing statistical reports for health care services and vital records. It also focuses on the study of methods and techniques used in presenting statistical data.
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: HIT 201, HIT 203) This course introduces the student to the peer review process and the role health information plays in evaluating patient care. The course investigates the components of performance improvement programs in health care facilities, including quality assess ment, utilization management, risk management, and critical clinical pathways. State and local standards are included as well as a review of the federal government's role in health care and orientation to accreditation re quirements of various agencies.
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4.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: HIT 201, HIT 202, HIT 203) This is a supervised internship in acute care settings. This course will prepare the student to perform the basic functions and tasks of a health information department. Activities will include application of health information management procedures learned in the classroom and lab. The HIT program director and the health care facility staff will guide the student in accomplishing the objectives set forth in the Professional Practice Experience Handbook. This course is designed to help the student gain entry-level competences as set forth by the American Health Infor mation Management Association (AHIMA).
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4.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: HIT 201, HIT 202, HIT 203, HIT 206, HIT 215) This course is designed to give the students addi tional supervised activities in alternative care settings, to include internship in physician's office, nursing homes, home health care agencies and local county health depart ments.
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4.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: HIT 207, HIT 216, HIT 217) This is a continuation of HIT 206 Practicum I and HIT 207 Practicum IL This course is designed to allow students to apply all functions related to the LILT profession.. Students are acquainted with occupational responsibili ties through realistic work situations and are provided with insights into management and supervisory applica tions on the job. The student will be given additional advanced health information management experience. The occupation-based instruction is implemented through the use of an internship and all of the follow ing: written individualized training plans, written per formance evaluation, and a required bi-weekly seminar.
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