Undergraduate - Herzing University

(HI) health information managementHI 105 Introduction to Healthcare Information SystemsThis course will teach students the fundamentals of information systems, provide an introduction to healthcare information systems, and reviewinformation systems needed for managerial and clinical support in the healthcare environment. The course also provides an overview on theintegrity and security of data and how to mitigate the risk of exposure to security breaches. 1.00 credit hour. Prerequisite: None.HI 210 Principles of Health Information ManagementThis course provides an overview of health information practice and healthcare delivery systems, professional associations, accrediting,licensing, and regulatory bodies, the content and standards of health records, and the management of HIM staffing and resources includingproductivity and performance. 3.00 credit hours. Prerequisite: None.HI 215 Fundamentals of Healthcare Law and Ethics for Health Information Management ProfessionalsThis course is designed to introduce the student to important legal and ethical guidelines within the healthcare profession. The student will beintroduced to patient confidentiality and information security as identified and enforced through various federal healthcare laws. Additionally,the student will learn legal and ethical guidelines as they relate to documentation, content and structure of healthcare data, risk management,and various health laws and regulations. 3.00 credit hours. Prerequisite: None.HI 225 Foundations of Classification, Compliance, and Reimbursement Methodologies in Health Information ManagementThis course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the basic types of healthcare code sets, clinical terminologies, andclassification systems used in healthcare organizations today. Students will also be exposed to relevant emerging industry trends, auditing andreporting, case mix management, compliance, and reimbursement audit processes, as well as charge-master management. 3.00 credit hours.Prerequisite: MC 173 Intermediate Diagnosis Coding; Corequisite: MC 174 Intermediate Procedure Coding.HI 230 Foundations of Healthcare Quality, Statistics, and Performance ImprovementThis course examines the latest trends in healthcare quality control, performance improvement, and basic statistical data analysis (includingvital statistics) and serves as a solid base of performance-improvement foundations, fundamentals, and core principles. 3.00 credit hours.Prerequisites: HI 210 Principles of Health Information Management and MA 107 College Algebra.HI 296 Professional Practice InternshipThis course provides a 90-hour supervised professional practice internship in the field of health information management, focusing on technicaland operational activities. The student will gain practical work experience in the field of health information management. Students will besupervised by someone with the credentials of registered health information administrator (RHIA), registered health information technician(RHIT), or other qualified personnel to whom they are assigned. Students will also receive university faculty consultation and are expected tocomplete other course requirements such as completing all assignments and participating in discussion threads. 2.00 credit hours. Prerequisites:(HI 105 Introduction to Healthcare Information Systems or HI 450 Advanced Healthcare Information Systems), HI 210 Principles of HealthInformation Management, (HC 310 Medical Law and Ethics or HI 215 Fundamentals of Healthcare Law and Ethics for Health InformationManagement Professionals), (HI 225 Foundations of Classification, Compliance, and Reimbursement Methodologies in Health InformationManagement or HI 300 Epidemiology and Applied Healthcare Statistics), (HI 230 Foundations of healthcare Quality, Statistics, andPerformance Improvement or HI 320 Healthcare Data), MC 173 Intermediate Diagnosis Coding, MC 174 Intermediate Procedure Coding andPD 213 Health Information Management Internship Preparation.HI 300 Epidemiology and Applied Healthcare StatisticsThis course introduces concepts of epidemiology, basic biostatistics, vital statistics, and data collection and data presentation. 3.00 credit hours.Prerequisite: MA 107 College Algebra.HI 305 Healthcare FinanceThis course introduces the unique aspects of healthcare finance, including payment sources and reimbursement methodologies, emergingindustry trends, resource management, cost, benefit analysis, case mix management, compliance and reimbursement audit processes, andcharge-master management. 3.00 credit hours. Prerequisite: AC 107 Accounting I.HI 320 Healthcare DataThis course provides students with an advanced understanding of the management of data in healthcare organizations including uniform datasets and healthcare informatics standards for health data collection, evaluation of coded and statistical data and quality assurance of data,case mix systems, data collection for enterprise, reportable and specialized databases, data mining of healthcare data, and the designof data collection tools. In addition, this course will include all aspects of data content and collection including structure and use of healthinformation, clinical and healthcare data sets, data quality assessment and integrity, National Healthcare Information Infrastructure (NHII), andprimary and secondary data sources. 3.00 credit hours. Prerequisite: HI 210 Healthcare Data.408 Herzing UNIVERSITY undergraduate Catalog May 2012