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HIMT 2307 - Professional Practice Experience I
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 provides opportunities for students to relate classroom theory to actual functions of health information, such as assembly and record analysis, medico legal procedures, information retention, filing and retrieval, and the use of technology. Students will meet objectives through assignment to a healthcare facility or through the use of virtual simulation projects.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Develop and/or apply policies and procedures to the management of assigned tasks within a health information management department.
- Apply current laws, accreditation, licensure, and certification standards related to health information initiatives from the national, state, local and facility levels.
- Analyze the documentation in the health record to ensure it supports the diagnosis and reflects the patient’s progress, clinical findings and discharge status.
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