244 organization. The student will develop and present a deliverable product that could be implemented by management to improve their organizational performance, specifically with analysis and recommendations for policy and strategic improvements. Prerequisites: HAS 6000, HAS 6200, HAS 6300, HAS HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COURSES - HIM HIM 2000. Introduction to Health Information Systems and Settings (4) F Introduction to the health information profession. Job duties, functions, 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. 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 subjects in research. HIPAA privacy law, development of policies 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 classification, conventions and coding procedures are introduced and practiced. Prerequisite: HTHS LSI 110 and HTHS 1111 or equivalent. HIM 2320. Ambulatory and Physician Office Coding (3) S 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 classification 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 rule 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. HIM 2862. (Second Year) Professional Practice Experiences (2) 5 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 collected in accomplishing the objectives 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 structure, IT procurement, systems analysis, and evaluation are presented and discussed. HIM 3050. Health Information Structures (3) 5 In-depth study of the structures of health care inf ormation, i.e. clinical information structures such as clinical data sets and severity of illness indices, health record structures in computer-driven formats, administrative structures for purposes of case-mix analysis, clinical correlation, and analysis of utilization patterns, financial structures necessary to the business management of health care organizations, and disease/operations classification 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 introduction to health care application development, including local and wide area networks, the internet and intranets, database structure, database tools, data management, and information management. Prerequisite: 1ST 3110. HIM 3450. Health Care Systems Analysis and Design (3) F A comprehensive introduction 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 firms, academic institutions, and individual researchers and the support of same by health information professionals are discussed. The major national research policy-making bodies (NIH, NCHS, CDC) and their research protocols are reviewed. The student also learns what techniques and resources facilitate biomedical literature searches and how to assist a researcher in the pursuit of published Weber State University 20 06-200 7 Catalog