Curriculum: Bachelor's in Health Information Management

This course will explore national trends in healthcare delivery and focus on legal and ethical issues. Case studies will highlight practical applications in the management of health information.

This course is designed to be an advanced study of methods and techniques to manage health care data with primary focus on electronic records. Topics include healthcare databases, documentation guidelines and evaluation of compliance with regulations and standards.

This course focuses on analysis of various health care reimbursement methods and the role of health information management in the revenue cycle.

• Reimbursement management
• Severity of illness systems
• Chargemaster management
• Casemix management
• Audit processes
• Payment systems

In this course, students will study the framework and architecture that defines the electronic health record and the key role it plays in the quality of health care delivery. Students will compare and contrast the methods of communication, technology and data security measures in health care organizations.

• Health information standards
• Computer concepts and systems development
• Communication technologies
• Internet technologies
• Data information and file structures
• Data storage and retrieval
• Data security
• Medical vocabulary standards and natural language processing
• National Health Information Infrastructure

This course will focus on problem-based learning and projects associated with computer applicationsin healthcare. Students will engage in practice issues and tasks applied to workflow analysis.

This course is designed to provide an introduction to research methods as well as analysis and presentation of data.

• Statistical analysis of health care data
• Descriptive, inferential and vital statistics
• Data reporting and presentation techniques
• Computerized statistical packages
• Research design and methods
• National guidelines regarding human subjects’ research
• Institutional Review Board process

This course provides advanced study of the application of quality improvement tools, evaluation of documentation standards, quality improvement, credentialing, and utilization and risk management. Students analyze data and create reports to support facility-wide quality initiatives.

• Quality assessment and management tools
• Utilization and resource management
• Risk management
• Disease management processes

This course focuses on the application of principles of human resource departments and managing health information management departments in healthcare facilities.

This course is designed to examine the financial aspects of healthcare and accounting principles.

This course will focus on developing strategic and operational plans in health care. Students apply principles for the project management of health information services. This course provides a study of change, team building and leadership development related to the practice of health care. Students explore strategies for problem-solving and decision-making.

• Strategic leadership, management and planning
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Team/consensus building
• Project management tools

Environmental scan of emerging issues and trends in the health information management (HIM) field. Develop an educational plan for individual presentations and senior PowerPoint presentation. Integrate studies and apply knowledge to problems and issues facing the HIM profession and apply knowledge to case studies.