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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: CISY 122 - Business Computer Systems, HITC 111 - Professional Practicum I. This course covers basic computer system architecture, file structure, and design for health care settings. Topics include system analysis, design, security, and selection for a variety of hardware environments. This course provides students with a review of computer fundamentals and the fundamentals of the electronic health RVCC 2008-2009 Catalog ? For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 175 bursement methods used, professionals that provide the services, as well as resources. Current trends in health care delivery are presented including health facilities, medical staff organization and functions, the changing roles of health care professionals, and patterns of financing health care.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH 110 - Statistics I, HITC 111 - Professional Practicum I. Corequisite: HITC 220 - Organizational Resource Management. This course covers maintenance, compilation, analysis, and presentation of health care statistics. Discussion is focused on the use, collection, presentation, and verification of health care data including fundamental concepts of descriptive statistics; data validity and reliability; data presentation techniques; and vital statistics. Students will be introduced to topics such as basic statistical principles, morbidity and mortality, commonly computed hospital rates, uniform reporting requirements, and selection and construction of data displays. This course also introduces principles of quality improvement philosophy, including tools, data analysis/ application, and related committee functions; utilization management and risk management; and credentialing, accreditation and regulation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HITC 111 - Professional Practicum I, ENGL 111 - English I. Corequisite: HITC 210 - Health Data Reporting & Analysis. This course provides an overview of management and supervision principles as applied to health care settings. In particular, this course presents basic principles of management services. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving and communication skills related to planning, organization, directing, controlling, and budgeting. Work simplification, in-service education, writing of job descriptions and procedures, forms revision and control, justification for and selection of supplies and equipment are reviewed as well.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HITC 152 - Basic Coding ICD-9-CM, HITC 154 - Basic CPT-4 Coding, HITC 200 - Health Information Systems and Technologies, HITC 210 - Health Data Reporting & Analysis, HITC 220 - Organizational Resource Management. This course is the capstone course in Health Information Technology. The second of two supervised practicum's designed to allow students to apply technical knowledge and skills learned in class to procedures performed in a health information management department. Assignments focus on various types of health care facilities to gain exposure to health information practices. Emphasis will be placed on advanced functions of quality improvement, legal aspects, coding and reimbursement, and department management.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HITC 156 - Advanced Coding ICD-9CM & CPT-4. Students in this course will gain professional practice experience applying advanced ICD-9-CM and CPT coding skills. Students will code a variety of medical records from hospitals, physicians' offices, and/or other health care settings as they complete assigned projects outlined in their Internship manual. The training provided in this course integrates coding and classification systems, health care functions, medical disease and treatment, and health care reimbursement at an advanced level to prepare the student for employment in the health information management industry as a professional coder.
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2.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the health care delivery system at the national, state and local level including the organizations that provide health care, applicable regulations and standards, reim176 RVCC 2008-2009 Catalog ? For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu
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3.00 Credits
This course is an in-depth study of federal, state and local laws that govern the preparation and use of health records and health information in the health care delivery system. The course covers the impact of legal issues on health information management and provides an overview of the judicial system and legislative process. Topics include confidentiality, release of information, retention guidelines, authentication, informed consent, advance directives, subpoenaed information, security of computerized health information, liability, and legislative trends.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HLTH 150 - Medical Terminology, BIOL 151 - Human Biology or BIOL 124 & BIOL 125 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II. This course covers disease etiology and organ system involvement, including physical signs and symptoms, prognoses, and common complications and their management. The disease process, basic concepts and terminology are presented. This course also includes an examination of the most common diseases of each body system, with normal anatomy and physiology compared to pathologic anatomy and physiologic malfunctioning due to disease process. Diagnostic methods, management, treatment modalities and prognosis are discussed.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HLTH 150 - Medical Terminology, BIOL 151 - Human Biology or BIOL 124 & BIOL 125 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II, HLTH 107 - Pathophysiology. This course is an introduction to pharmacology, including terminology, drug category, use, side effects, contraindications, and interactions. Common dosage ranges and routes of administration will also be examined. A general understanding of the actions and reasons for use of various groups of pharmacologic agents is introduced. Medications are discussed according to major drug classifications and body systems.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the student to medical terminology through the study of word structures such as common medical prefixes & suffixes and the origins of terminology used in medical practice today. Also includes basic anatomy and physiology, appro-priate medical terminology, and procedures and diagnostic testing for each body system
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