Year/Quarter: 20261
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Research Design and Statistics for HIHIM
Explores healthcare and research statistics. Addresses hospital statistics, used to calculate usage levels of heathcare resources and outcomes of clinical operations, and research statistics, used to summarize and describe significant characteristics of a data set, and to make inferences about a population based on data collected from a sample. In addition, principles of research are…
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Healthcare Computer Systems and Electronic Health Records
Current health information systems and the role of health informatics; technology infrastructure and health informatics standards, electronic health records, definitions, functions, issues, and barriers; hospitals, ambulatory care, home health and long-term care and computer applications. Prerequisite: HIHIM 410 and HIHIM 450.
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Management Concepts with HIM Applications
Covers management principles from a health information management perspective and core management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, delegating, leading, and controlling; theories of management, both traditional and contemporary; leadership concepts in HIM; change management; human resource management; employment law; performance management, and HIM organizational structure.
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Revenue Cycle Management
Covers the revenue cycle management of health information administration. Prerequisite: HIHIM 400.
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Environmental and Occupational Health for Public Health Practitioners
Introduces students in professional degree programs in Public Health to basic concepts from environmental and occupational health sciences, to the methods used to study the links between the environment and health, to the health impacts of various environmental exposures, and to the environmental public health approach to controlling or managing risks and promoting health.
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Problems in Global Health
Explores social, political, economic, and environmental determinants of health and societal responses to health problems globally. Covers impact of colonialism, equity strategies, Primary Health Care, neoliberalism, war, international agencies, the climate crisis, water, sanitation, and traditional health systems.
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Health Data Management
Addresses the governance and management of healthcare data through exploration of data assets and linking the assets to standards and quality. Prerequisite: HIHIM 410 and HIHIM 450.
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Disease Concepts for Managers
Develops clinical concepts in medicine for health care personnel who interact with medical information in the workplace. Presents methods of diagnosis and treatment, including pharmacology, with an emphasis on information management and health information systems. Prerequisite: HIHIM 400.