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  • HIS 430: Internship

    3.00 Credits
    Gwynedd Mercy University

    This work experience is designed to give the student practical experience in a professional historical/archival field. Prerequisite: ?B? average in all required history courses, permission of the division chairperson. Required history courses must be completed or taken concurrently.
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  • HIS 437: Special Topics

    3.00 Credits
    Gwynedd Mercy University

    This course allows for the investigation of a topic in history that is not adequately covered in any of the history courses listed. It may be repeated if the topic is different.
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  • HIS 439: Independent Study

    3.00 Credits
    Gwynedd Mercy University

    Qualified advanced students may arrange independent study in areas not covered by existing courses. Registration takes place with conscent of the involved faculty and the permission of the chairperson of the division and the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.
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  • HIS 449: Historiography

    3.00 Credits
    Gwynedd Mercy University

    This course introduces students to fundamental questions about the nature of history and to the varieties of history that different answers to these questions have inspired. Students will investigate the kinds of questions historians ask about the past, the relationship between theory and evidence in historical writing and the varieties of evidence historians use to reconstruct the past.
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  • HIS 450: Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    Gwynedd Mercy University

    This course features research under direction of a faculty mentor on a theme or themes chosen by faculty and/or students. Work is reported both orally and in writing. Prerequisite: HIS 449
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  • HIT 100: Introduction to Allied Health & HC Organ

    3.00 Credits
    Gwynedd Mercy University

    This course provides an overview of the organization of health care in the United States. It also addresses the structure of health care organizations, and accrediting and governmental bodies that provide standards for the provision of health care. The content and flow of the acute care medical record will be addressed. The course also includes an introduction to the health professions and the organizational structure of the medical staff and its composite members. Students will be provided an overview of payer organization including, but not limited to, managed care and capitation. Finally, the Health Information Management profession, its historical development, current structure and career applications, as well as the projected future roles will be explored. Students will examine the purpose/role of AHIMA, CoP and BOK. Students will also engage in dialogue about diversity in the workplace. Students will be introduced to the library and to the development of research skills. AHIMA?s Virtual Lab applications used where applicable. Corequisite: Acceptance into this Health Program or permission of the HIM program director.
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  • HIT 103: Licensing Agencies/Legal Aspects

    3.00 Credits
    Gwynedd Mercy University

    Legal and accreditation issues impacting health care and the health information, HIPAA, Confidentiality, privacy and security policies, procedures and monitoring, management professional are the focus of this course. It includes the following areas; confidentiality and the right to privacy, release of information and the legal basis for releasing information, the legislative process, the local, state and federal court system, legal vocabulary, retention of information guidelines, patient rights and patient advocacy, advanced directives, and ethical issues in health care and health information management. Case studies are examined to emphasize major legal doctrine. Library research is also required in this course. AHIMA?s Virtual Lab applications used where applicable. Prerequisite: HIT 100 or permission of the HIM program director
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  • HIT 105: HIM Systems

    3.00 Credits
    Gwynedd Mercy University

    This course builds upon the knowledge acquired in HIT 100 regarding the content, structure, format and documentation requirements of the acute care record (paper, electronic computer-based, e-health-personal, web based). In addition, the content, structure, format and documentation requirements of non-acute care records are addressed. This course includes the study of systems used to use, analyze, store, and/or retrieve health care data to support organizational operations, and clinical and business decision-making. A segment of the course will address the structure and use of registries, indices, and primary and secondary records. Students will be expected to describe, analyze, and evaluate health information management systems and to participate in an organization-wide information management plan. Students will also design of forms and computerized segments of the patient record. This course also includes: Clinical Vocabularies, Healthcare data sets (such as OASIS, HEDIS, DEEDS, UHDDS), National Healthcare Information Infrastructure (NHII), Health information specialty systems (such as ROI, coding, registries), document archival, retrieval and imaging systems, maintenance and monitoring of data storage systems. AHIMA?s Virtual Lab applications used where applicable. Prerequisite: HIT 100, 103 or permission of the HIM program director
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  • HIT 109: Medical Terminology & Acute Care Record

    3.00 Credits
    Gwynedd Mercy University

    In this course students learn the language of medicine with emphasis on the application of medical terminology in the medical record. The types of terms that will be taught include; the components of medical words, terms specific to all body systems, common disease processes, and common drug names and their prescribed uses. The content of the acute care record and the documentation needs of the related health care practitioners will be an integral topic of this class. AHIMA?s Virtual Lab applications used where applicable.
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  • HIT 200: Health Statistics/Abstracting

    3.00 Credits
    Gwynedd Mercy University

    This course provides a review of basic mathematics and an overview of health care statistics, data literacy, severity of illness abstracting, severity of illness systems, vital statistics, and descriptive statistics and statistical applications with health care data and data selection, interpretation and presentation, Institutional Review Board processes, national guidelines regarding human subjects research, research protocol monitoring. Students will be expected to utilize Excel and other software packages to develop graphics and reports in accordance with accepted health information management practice. Other areas of study will include; reliability and validity of data and data base issues such as data searching and access to data needed such as DCD statistics and state based statistics (PHC4). The various health care data sets will also be introduced. Knowledge-based research techniques (such as, library, MEDLINE, web-based) are also applied. AHIMA?s Virtual Lab applications used where applicable. Prerequisites: HIT 100, 103, 105 or permission of the HIM program director.
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