Introduction to Health Information Management

This course is a comprehensive study of health information management profession and the health record. It introduces the student to the development of the Health Information Management (HIM) profession as well as the history, structure, and function of the American Health Information Management Association. This course examines the American healthcare system. It includes the study of the main components and issues of the financing and delivery of healthcare services in the United States and in comparison to other nations. The organization and operation of the modern acute hospital will be described and analyzed along with other healthcare settings. The structure, content and standards of the electronic health record are also covered in the course. Emphasis is placed on healthcare data sets, indexes and registries. Prereq, C or better in ENG085 or ENG095 or placement by appropriate measures into college-level English