Intro to Health Info Tech

Catalog description

Prerequisite: Reading proficiency Pre-/corequisite: BIT122 or HIT122 Introduction to Health Information Technology provides an introduction to health information technology and the organization of healthcare delivery in the acute care setting. Analysis of health records in paper, hybrid, and electronic formats will form the basis of classroom discussion. Emphasis is on the documentation requirements for licensure, accreditation, and certification. Other topics include data sets, storage and retrieval and the use and structure of healthcare data, record assembly and analysis, chart location, master patient index, physician documentation, and release of information. (F,S,O)