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COURSE SYLLABUS
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TITLE OF COURSE: |
Health Information and Data |
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PREFIX/NUMBER: |
HIT 260 |
CREDIT HOURS: |
3 |
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PREREQUISITE:
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RESOURCES NEEDED: |
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TEXT: |
To Be Determined |
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SUPPLIES: |
Health Information Management of a Strategic Resource 3RD Edition (ISBN: 978146030027) Author: Mervat Abdelhak Publisher: Elsevier/ Evolve |
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
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This course covers maintenance, compilation, analysis, and presentation of healthcare 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, utilization management, and risk management in health care. Topics include the continuous 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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COURSE OBJECTIVES: |
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Introduce the concept of health information management |
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Provide understanding of organization of healthcare; administrative structure and departments, agencies public and private, corporations, and health care providers |
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Understand the functions of the health record and need to know criteria in the health field |
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Describes organization of data elements in a health record |
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Describes pre and post-discharge data processing |
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Investigates the safe storage, transfer and retrieval of health information |
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Discusses the uses of health information on a local as well as global level |
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Describes use, documentation, care, storage, compliance of primary and secondary health care records |
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Retrieval and reporting of health information; process and legal aspects |
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Confidentiality Health Care Data and Compliance of HIPAA in |
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Ethical and legal manipulation and reporting of health data |
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EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
The final grade for this course is determined by a combination of exams, quizzes, projects, and homework. The point value of each assignment will be given to the students by the instructor is a separate handout.
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Grading Scale
Raw Score Range |
Letter Grade |
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90 to 100 |
A |
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80 to 89 |
B |
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70 to 79 |
C |
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60 to 69 |
D |
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0 to 59 |
F |
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Special Remarks: |
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Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog. |
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Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed. Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist. Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion. |
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COURSE OUTLINE |
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1. Introduction to quality management in healthcare organizations
2. Performance Improvement (PI) Organization and Teams
3. PI methods, tools and techniques
4. PI application and reporting Project Instructions
5. Risk Management; Patient Safety; Infection Control
6. Case Management
7. Utilization Review
8. Legal Introduction
9. Mathematics Review
10. Basic Research Principles
11. Patient Census Data
12. Occupancy Ratio
13. Length of Stay (LOS)
14. Mortality Rates
15. Autopsies Rates
16. Morbidity/Mortality
17. HIM; Data Presentation
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METHODS OF INSTRUCTION: |
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To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: |
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The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
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DISABILITY STATEMENT:
Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information. | |