HAS 4800. Individual Study (1-3) 5m, F, S Topics in allied health education studies tailored to the particular needs and interests of the student. Class may be repeated with program approval. HAS 4860. Practicum/Intemship (2-6) Su, F, S Provides opportunities for observation, participation and pradical application of administrative and management skills in the institutional setting. Departmental approval required. HAS 4990. Seminar (1) F, S Topics, issues, and trends in Health Care. May be repeated with program approval. HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COURSES - HIM HIM 2000. Introduction to Health Information Systems and Settings (4) F Introduction to the health information profession. Job duties, fundions, and the professional organization are discussed. Health care settings, numbering and filing systems and equipment, master patient indexes, health information documentation requirements, discharge analysis and incomplete chart control are presented. Introduction to the process, terminology, and stylistic conventions of medical report transcription. Prerequisites: HTHS 1101 and HTHS LSI 110. HIM 2200. Healthcare Statistics and Privacy (3) S Application of the health information statistical systems that are commonly maintained in health information services, institutional review board and human subjeds in research. HIPAA privacy law, development of polides and procedures and release of information are discussed. Prerequisite: TBE TE1700 or TBE TCI 703 or TBE TC1503. HIM 2300. Diagnosis Coding (3) F ICD-9-CM and CPT dassification, conventions and coding procedures are introduced and pra diced. Prerequisite: HTHS LSI 110 and HTHS 1111 or equivalent. HIM 2320. Ambulatory and Physician Office Coding (3) 5 CPT classification, conventions and coding procedures are introduced and practiced. Abstracting medical information from health documentation for coding facility outpatients, physician and professional billing is presented, discussed and practiced. Prerequisite: HIM 2300. HIM 2330. Classification Systems Topics and Reimbursement Issues (2) Discussion of issues parallel to or founded in the use of dassification systems: Federal reimbursement systems, coding compliance, quality auditing, peer review organizations, and database reporting. HIM 2500. Healthcare Database Management & Security (3) F An introduction to database monitoring, maintenance and use. Data definition, vocabularies, terminologies and dictionaries are discussed. Clinical abstracting and report writing are practiced. A working knowledge of database management is developed. The HIPAA security law, development of polices and procedures to enforce the security mle are covered. Prerequisite: TBETE1700 or TBE TB1702orTBETB1502. HIM 2861. (Second Year) Professional Practice Experiences (2) F Student's final experience in the health care setting. Skills and learning from the classroom and laboratory are reinforced and practiced. The student observes in other health care settings. Projects assigned give the student expertise in technical functions, e.g., ICD-9-CM, CPT, and other coding systems. Prerequisite: HIM 2000. 253 HIM 2862. (Second Year) Professional Practice Experiences (2) S Student's final experience in the health care setting. Skills and learning from the classroom and laboratory are reinforced and practiced. The student observes in other health care settings. Projects assigned give the student expertise in technical functions, e.g., ICD-9-CM, CPT, and other coding systems. Prerequisite: HIM 2861. HIM 3000. Computer Applications in Health Care (3) F A survey of the clinical, research, and administrative applications of computers in the health care industry from which health care information is currently derived. The role of this technology and of the data colleded in accomplishing the objedives and procedures of the principle functional areas in health care organizations is emphasized as are the interrelationships of the organizational units with respect to data acquisition, storage, analysis, retrieval, and use. HIM 3010. Information Technology in Healthcare Management (2) 5 An overview of information technology issues and management for healthcare managers. Healthcare computer applications, infrastructure planning, IS organizational strudure, IT procurement, systems analysis, and evaluation are presented and discussed. HIM 3050. Health Information Structures (3) S In-depth study of the structures of health care inf ormation, i.e. dinical information structures such as dinical data sets and severity of illness indices, health record stmctures in computer-driven formats, administrative structures for purposes of case-mix analysis, clinical correlation, and analysis of utilization patterns, finandal structures necessary to the business management of health care organizations, and disease/operations dassification systems structures necessary to reimbursement and epidemiological data collection and analysis. Prerequisite: HIM 3000. HIM SI3200. Epidemiology and Biostatistics (3) F, S The goals and objectives of epidemiology, its policy and procedure, and its foundation and support in health care information are the focus of this course. Investigation of an epidemic, measures of mortality, incidence and prevalence, measures of risk, biological variability, probability, screening, sampling, statistical significance, correlation, multiple regression, retrospective and prospective studies, and survival analysis are discussed. Advanced techniques for the statistical analysis of institutional case-mix and quality improvement data are presented. Prerequisite: Must meet WSU Quantitative Literacy requirement. HIM 3300. Introduction to Quality Improvement in Health Care (3) F, S Quality assessment, disease processes, risk management, and utilization review systems are presented to the student with an emphasis upon integration. TQM/CQI processes are examined and practiced. HIM 3400. Health Care Networks and Databases (3) 5 A comprehensive introdudion to health care application development, including local and wide area networks, the internet and intranets, database strudure, database tools, data management, and information management. Prerequisite: 1ST 3110. HIM 3450. Health Care Systems Analysis and Design (3) F A comprehensive introdudion to the planning, design, and construction of health care information systems, using the systems development life cycle and other appropriate design tools. Prerequisite: HIM 3400. HIM 3500. Biomedical Research Support (2) F Design concepts and information systems used in biomedical research and investigation by drug companies, genetic engineering General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Interdisciplinary FYE HNRS BIS LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science 8 Technology AUSV/ATTC CEET CS MFET/MET CMT DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts S Humanities MENG COMM ENGL FL DANC MUSC THEA ART/ARTH Business & £con MBA MACC/ACTG BSAD FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MED CHF ATHL/AT HLTH/NUTR PE/PEP/REC EDUC Health Professions MHA CLS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS ZOOL Social S Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS PHIL PSY SW GERT SOC AERO MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2007 - 2008 Catalog