HITT207 Health Information Technology Applications

Department of Business Studies: Health Information Technology

  1. Course Number and Title

    HITT207  Health Information Technology Applications

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250

  4. Prerequisites

    CISC110 (C or better) and HITT297 (C or better)

    Corequisites

    None

  5. Other Pertinent Information

    None

  6. Catalog Course Description

    This course covers the concepts of computer applications related to healthcare. This course discusses healthcare data sets, health information specialty systems, document archival, retrieval and imaging systems, and data storage systems. Students demonstrate an understanding of various health information software applications coding tasks.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students will:
        1. identify methods to collect and maintain health data;
        2. demonstrate an understanding of the emerging activities at the federal, state, and regional level towards a national electronic health record;
        3. describe how various primary and secondary data sets are used in healthcare settings;
        4. identify and demonstrate proficiency in the various applications utilized in a healthcare setting and perform practice exercises; and
        5. demonstrate an understanding of the importance of data quality, entry and integrity.

      2. Core (if applicable)
        3. This course is not included in the Core.

    2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      1. history and influence of computers in healthcare
      2. privacy, confidentiality, integrity, and security of electronic data
      3. electronic health records
      4. security measures
      5. hardware and software in data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting
      6. software applications used with the Electronic Health Record
      7. spreadsheets
      8. databases
      9. electronic communication
      10. data quality, entry, integrity, and reliability
      11. computer assisted communication
      12. healthcare informatics

    3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. The assessment of course learning goals will be based on classroom discussions, written exams, assignments, papers, and/or performance based tasks and projects.

      2. Core (if applicable)
        3. This course is not included in the Core.

    4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      See course format.

  8. Teaching Methods Employed

    Section VIII is not being used in new and revised syllabi as of 12/10/08.

Revision/Approval Date: Approved 6/15/2011