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Healthcare Information Management

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Major Area Course Descriptions

HCM 300 - HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT

This course provides students with an overview of concepts and issues related to healthcare leadership. It is generally a required course for any subsequent healthcare management courses. Through the examination of management topics and healthcare situations, the student will explore the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in a diverse healthcare environment. Topics include healthcare leadership, organizational design as it relates to the uniqueness of healthcare organizations, managing professionals, and diversity in the workplace.

HCM 320 - HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT I

This is the first of two healthcare finance courses. Healthcare Financial Management I begins with an introduction to healthcare finance and a description of the current financial environment in which healthcare organizations function. It then will explore the basics of financial and managerial accounting, presenting concepts that are critical to making sound financial decisions to better the cost-effectiveness of the organization.

HCM 422 - HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES & QUALITY MGMT

This course will explore the essential principles and techniques of quality improvement applied to patient care and the management of services in healthcare organizations. The importance of quality management in leadership of organizations will be emphasized. Topics include fundamentals of quality management, system thinking and goal setting, improvement theories, data collection, statistical tools, medical errors and reporting, public perceptions and organizational accountability.

HCM 442 - LEGAL ASPECTS OF HEALTHCARE MGMT

Individuals in the healthcare industry face ever changing legal and ethical trends in their environment. Practitioners, therefore, need to develop specific skills to evolve into the role of a change agent in order to manage these trends. This course will provide the student with the skills necessary to mitigate liability through risk management principles, develop relationship management skills, apply an ethical decision-making framework, incorporate employment law procedures, and manage communication.

HIM 320 - HEALTHCARE DATABASE MANAGEMENT

This course introduces students to the design of health and medical databases and provides hands-on experience with using such databases. It explores use of medical records systems and includes review and analysis of databases and database management systems. It also examines application of databases to clinical and managerial transaction.

HIM 430 - HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS STATISTICS AND RESEARCH

In this course students will learn to systematically analyze and present research data to be used for quality management, utilization review, and risk management. The students will create a research design that uses inferential statistics to be used for performance improvement.

HIM 470 - HEALTHCARE INFO SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

This course examines healthcare organizations from the perspective of managing the information systems that exist within the enterprise. Identifying the clinical and healthcare delivery processes and how they relate to information systems is a main focus. The intent of the course is to identify the key issues confronting the management of healthcare information systems today, examine their causes, and develop reasonable solutions to these issues. Specific federal regulations, vendor solutions, and financial implications as they relate to healthcare information systems are also examined.

HIM 495 - HEALTHCARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CAPSTONE

The Healthcare Information Management Capstone is designed to assimilate and integrate knowledge and skills from previous coursework and field experiences. This class focuses on key issues impacting the management of today's healthcare information systems and explores how those issues impact delivery of care. The Healthcare Information Management Capstone prepares students to enter information management positions within a healthcare setting. The goals of the course are to provide a solid foundation for applying managerial knowledge as it relates to healthcare information systems. Students in this course will demonstrate the ability to express state-of-the-art knowledge about information systems in the healthcare industry as well as identify and strategically manage these systems in a manner that will support and enhance quality delivery of care.

MIS 484 - INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY

Students will review and analyze the control and security concerns in the information systems environment. The security challenges created from the emergence of new technology and the changing internal and external environments will be analyzed. The effect of legal, regulatory, and current security technology on policy development will also be reviewed.

The above list of courses only represents a portion of the courses required for a bachelor's degree. View the bachelor's degree full curriculum.

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