HIM 1101 - HIM Standards and Practice

College of Health Sciences

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Spring 2020 (570)

Requisites

(Prerequisite Developmental math met or appropriate scores on the College Placement test. and
Permission of the Program) and
(Admission to Health Information Technology (Associate in Science) (HIT-AS) or
Admission to Medical Coding and Revenue Management (Certificate with Financial Aid Eligibility) (MEDCD-CT) or
Admission to Healthcare Data Management (Certificate with Financial Aid Eligibility) (HCINF-CT))

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the health information management department, the role of the health information technician as a member of the health care team. Content to be addressed includes the fundamentals of health information practice, content and format of various types of medical records, numbering and filing systems, and health care data sets.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. Student will explore foundational concepts of Health Information Management (HIM) by:
    1. tracing the development of the health information management (HIM) profession from its beginning to the present time.
    2. describing the functions and roles of various personnel, providers, and disciplines throughout the healthcare continuum including educational requirements of major medical specialists and allied health professionals.
    3. describing basic characteristics of the American Health Information Management Association Code of Ethics.
    4. differentiating the roles of various stakeholders throughout the healthcare delivery system.
    5. identifying processes in paper based and electronic health records.
    6. identifying various functional components of an integrated delivery system.
    7. identifying quality controls that can be put into place to manage health information management functions.
  2. The student will analyze data content structures and standards by:
    1. articulating how documentation standards drive patient safety and quality within the healthcare industry.
    2. comparing different health record media and evaluating the potential advantages and disadvantages of each.
    3. examining the different classification systems and their purposes.
    4. distinguishing among data elements, data sets, databases, indices, data mapping, and data warehousing.
    5. examining the purpose of clinical documentation improvement and how it relates to data quality.
    6. explaining the principles of information governance.
    7. distinguishing between primary and secondary data and between patient identifiable and aggregate data.
    8. describing department indices, databases, and registries.
  3. The student will describe information protection: access, disclosure, and archival privacy and security by:
    1. identifying the types of laws that govern the healthcare industry.
    2. adhering to legally sound health record retention and destruction principles.
    3. reporting on the purpose and types of consents and advance directives.
    4. protecting health information through use and disclosure policies and procedures that apply to both state law and HIPAA regulations.
    5. investigating types of medical identity theft and actions required by the red flags rule.
    6. identifying discovery challenges associated with electronic information (e-discovery).
    7. organizing the elements of a data security program.
    8. identifying methods to safeguard data from inappropriate access.
  4. The student will describe revenue management and compliance by:
    1. differentiating commercial, private, and employer based healthcare insurance.
    2. identifying different fee for service reimbursement methods.
    3. outlining the revenue cycle process.
    4. differentiating between fraud, abuse, and waste.
    5. identifying the elements of a compliance program.
    6. identifying the standards required to meet the terms of the compliance plan.
    7. justifying the need for the involvement of health information management professionals in clinical documentation improvement.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum 78% percent accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual instructors.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: 09/05/2019, BOT Approval: 09/24/2019, Effective Term: Spring 2020 (570)

Related Programs

  1. Health Information Technology (HIT-AS) (640) (Active)
  2. Healthcare Data Management (HCINF-CT) (595) (Active)
  3. Medical Coder/Biller Applied Technical Diploma (MEDATD-AR) (590) (Active)
  4. Medical Coder/Biller PTC (MEDCDTC-AR) (635) (Active)
  5. Medical Coding and Revenue Management (MEDCD-CT) (595) (Active)