Managing Healthcare Information Tech

Catalog description

This course will cover HIT organizational structures, policies and procedures to successfully implement and support hospital systems in support of the Health Care Organizations’ objectives. The student will understand the basics of HIT application software planning, selection and implementation. Case studies will be analyzed to reinforce learning objectives. Analysis of policies and procedures required to address data and physical security, confidentiality of Protected Health Information, business continuity ad operations management will be threaded throughout the course. The roll of the Department of Health and Human Services mandates affecting HIT requirements will be reviewed. Specifically, the impact of HIPAA, and the American recovery Act on IT requirements to achieve Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) will be analyzed.