Healthcare Records and Documentation

Catalog description

Students will learn how to complete documentation requirements for complete and accurate health records as required by licensing, certifying, and accreditation agencies. They will develop an understanding of forms design, functions of assembly, analysis, and abstracting. Students will also learn how to illustrate the flow of health information in various healthcare delivery systems and within the health information department, and retrieve data from health records, using professional ethics, confidentiality, and security of information. The course will also discuss the topics of electronic health concepts, safety, homeland security, HIPAA, and cost.