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1.00 Credits
Supervised professional experience or research outside of the classroom, involving a meaningful project or activity for the employing firm or organization and a scholarly project for the student. For each credit hour, a student is to work 45 hours with an approved agency. A contractual agreement signed by the student, the instructor of record, and other designated faculty and administrators is required. A student may repeat GLST U499 once with a different internship contract description for a total of no more than six hours of undergraduate credit. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing; a minimum of six hours in related courses numbered U300 and above; GPA 2.0 overall; and consent of the faculty supervisor and advisor.
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3.00 Credits
Disease etiology and organ system involvement, including physical signs and symptoms, prognoses, and common complications and their treatment. Topics include fundamental principles of disease and pharmacology. The course is restricted to Health Information Management (HIM) majors.
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3.00 Credits
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding, integrating HCPCS Level II, ICD-10-CM and PCS medical coding procedures at an advanced level. Emphasis is on the application and assignment of procedural codes by specialty and body systems. Subject matter includes common coding terminologies, nomenclatures and classification systems used in healthcare delivery, electronic health records, reporting and management, such as International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Healthcare Common Procedures Coding Systems (HCPCS), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED), Procedure Coding System (PCS), and Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) and Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC). Prerequisite: BIOL U128 and BIOL U129; or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to origins and evolution of current healthcare delivery systems and organizational structures, healthcare terminology and language structures, common usage, acronyms, and basic uses of information in a variety of healthcare settings. Topics also include introduction to levels of information users and information needs within a variety of healthcare organizations. Prerequisite: CSCI U138, or CSCI U150, or INFO U101, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Coding principles and practices on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM). Topics include historical development of the ICD classification system, coding of diagnosis records from a variety of medical specialties and use of official coding code lines. Prerequisite: BIOL U128 and BIOL U129; or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Management, communication, and problem-solving, as they relate to human resources, quality assurance, finance, budgeting and reimbursement in a healthcare setting. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to healthcare information systems to include management and administration information systems, clinical information systems, business information systems, decision support, critical care applications, information systems in education, and emergent system applications. Particular emphasis is placed on automation required for the emerging "paperless" environment and computer-based records. Prerequisite: HIMS U201 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Data, knowledge, and information structures, terminological control, index language functions, regulatory determinants of data collected/stored (ex. JCAHO/HIPPA, etc.), including study of language development in healthcare systems evolution. Prerequisite: HIMS U301 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Quality improvement strategies to improve efficiency and effectiveness in healthcare information systems and processes including Six Sigma, DMAIC, process maps, pareto charts, control charts, root cause analysis, and cause and effect diagrams. Quality improvement theoretical frameworks such as Donobedian's structure, process and outcome theory, and Chassin's overuse, misuse and underuse theories are applied. Quality improvement in the context of leadership, person-centered, family-centered care, cost, value, and improvement capability is demonstrated through the completion of the Institute of Healthcare Improvement's standard modules. Prerequisite: HIMS U201 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Selected ethical issues, confidentiality, preservation and conservation of sensitive data, data maintenance and integrity preservation. Prerequisite: PHIL U211 or PHIL U311; and HIMS U302; or consent of instructor.
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