HIT 415 - Healthcare Data Management

Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
This course is a continuation of Health Informatics (HIT 265). Students will be able to evaluate the compliance of data dictionaries and data sets. Students will apply the concepts of health informatics and utilize the technologies in Health Information Management (HIM). Students will apply the different research methodologies of HIM to manage the data that is used for those methodologies. This course replaces HIT 400.

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C- in HIT 265 and HIT 355
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Evaluate data dictionaries and data sets for compliance with governance standards.
Apply health informatics concepts to the management of health information.
Use technologies for health information management.
Demonstrate how to report healthcare data through graphical representations.
Describe research methodologies in healthcare.
Describe the concepts of managing data.
Demonstrate how to manage data within database system.