HIT 111 - Introduction to Health Information Technology 1

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
Learn hospital and physician’s office record keeping practices. Identify hospital and medical staff organization; patient record content; procedures in filing, numbering and retention of patient records; quantitative analysis; release of patient information; forms control and design; indexes and registers; and regulatory and accrediting agencies. Facilitate the collection and use of health data in hospitals, physician offices and government and accreditation agencies. Lab fee $30.

Prerequisite(s): BIO 231 or BIO 233 , BIO 232 or BIO 234 , CTA 100 or CTP 103 , MDA 113 , MDA 114 (all prerequisites must have a grade of C or better); or permission of the program coordinator.

Note: Typically offered OL; fall term.

Course Outcomes:

Student will demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities to collect and maintain health data; conduct analysis to ensure documentation in health records supports the diagnosis and reflects the patient’s progress, clinical findings, and other status
- a. Student will conduct analysis on health data and health data sets
- b. Student will demonstrate the techniques and methods utilized for e-documentation in clinical setting
- c. Student will apply and utilize medical terminology and e-communications
- d. Students will understand the interface of multiple systems that support e-health and e-patient records
Student will demonstrate knowledge of the policies and procedures, including federal and state mandates, governing e-health records and e-communications within health organizations
- a. Student will design and integrate methods for protecting electronic patient information
- b. Student will understand the implementation of the legal and regulatory requirements related to the health information infrastructure
- c. Student will understand the design of health information security measures, such as: log ins, sign-in, and tracking systems
Student will demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities to implement and maintain e-systems that support clinical operations, such as: patient progress notes, imagery, and other clinical support systems
- a. Radiographic, sonography, laboratory and other clinical support systems
- b. The utility of electronic progress notes, and electronic formatting for patient/client documentation
- c. Developing and maintaining interface ability for patient support systems, such as imagery and clinical progress notes
Student will demonstrate the ability to design, modify and query data from e-health software
- a. Student will gather data and statistics pertaining to diagnostics
- b. Student will gather data and statistics pertaining to procedures
- c. Student will design and query data that support organizational function
Student will utilize electronic financial applications to support the clinical and other operations of the organization
- a. Student will build and maintain data bases that support diagnostics, and diagnostic coding
- b. Student will build and maintain data bases that support HICPICs and other billing support programs/codes
- c. Student will build and maintain data bases that support Procedures and procedural coding
Student will understand diagnostic and procedural coding, billing function, and claims adjudication
- a. Student will understand the interface of the superbill and claims adjudication
- b. Student will integrate methods into systems to monitor e-billing
- c. Student will integrate federal and organizational policies and procedures to ensure compliance with billing and health insurance law
Student will use and maintain software applications to support other clinical classifications and nomenclature systems
- a. Student will utilize and apply technical and medical terminology for system designs
- b. Student will utilize and apply common software applications, such as spread sheets, databases, and word processing programs to support clinical operations
- c. Student will understand software maintenance and critical value of upgrades