HIMT 1305 - Computer Applications in Health Information

Credit hours: 3

Prerequisites: Pre- and corequisites should be defined by individual institutions and must be courses from General Education Requirements - Core and Major Field Core Courses.

Course Description:
This course instructs students on health data structure, content and standards; information and communication technologies including uses of hardware, software, spreadsheets, databases, networks, electronic health records, personal health records, data storage and retrieval, data security; selection and implementation of healthcare information systems. The student will utilize several different software applications related to health records up to or including spreadsheets, database applications, data analytics, electronic health records, chart deficiencies, master patient index, chart locator, abstracting, and release of information software.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

Evaluate data dictionaries and data sets for compliance with governance standards.
Utilize and apply technologies for health informatics and information management .
Identify and describe policies and procedures to ensure accuracy, security, and confidentiality of health data.
Summarize standards for the exchange of health information.
Describe consumer engagement activities such as EHRs, PHRs, HIEs, portals, public health, standards and telehealth.
Evaluate data dictionaries and data sets for compliance with governance standards.
Determine compliance of health record content within the organization.
Manage data within a database system.
Identify standards for exchange of health information.