HIT 200 - Health Record Data Structure and Content

Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
This course introduces students to the Health Information Management profession. Topics include acute health record content and usage, quantitative and qualitative analysis, record format, control storage, retention policies and filing and numbering systems. Additional topics will include the entire continuum of health care delivery systems as well as their respective licensing and accrediting standards, documentation requirements, and reimbursement methodologies. This course may be repeated twice for additional credit. This course replaces HIT 370 and HIT 380.

SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Describe healthcare organizations from the perspective of key stakeholders.
Apply policies, regulations, and standards to the management of information.
Identify policies and strategies to achieve data integrity.
Determine compliance of health record content within the health organization.