Health Information Management Online Courses

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding, integrating HCPCS Level II, ICD-10-CM and PCS medical coding procedures at an advanced level. Emphasis is on the application and assignment of procedural codes by specialty and body systems. Subject matter includes common coding terminologies, nomenclatures and classification systems used in health care delivery, electronic health records, reporting and management, such as International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Healthcare Common Procedures Coding Systems (HCPCS), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED), Procedure Coding System (PCS), and Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) and Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC).

Introduction to origins and evolution of current health care delivery systems and organizational structures, health care terminology and language structures, common usage, acronyms, and basic uses of information in a variety of health care settings. Topics also include introduction to levels of information users and information needs within a variety of health care organizations.

Management, communication, and problem-solving, as they relate to human resources, quality assurance, finance, budgeting and reimbursement in a health care setting.

Introduction to health care information systems to include management and administration information systems, clinical information systems, business information systems, decision support, critical care applications, information systems in education, and emergent system applications. Particular emphasis is placed on automation required for the emerging “paperless” environment and computer-based records.

Data, knowledge, and information structures, terminological control, index language functions, regulatory determinants of data collected/stored (ex. JCAHO/HIPAA, etc.), including study of language development in health care systems evolution.

Network configurations and functions including the latest developments and applications in electronic health records (EHR) and the implementation of the EHR in the health care industry.

Fundamentals of financial management and accounting concepts in the health care environment with specific application to the health informatics or health information management professional’s everyday roles and responsibilities. Topics include revenue management, cost management, variance management, and contracting.

Supervised professional practice involving information management in a health care organization.

Capstone experience integrating knowledge of health information systems, health information management, and health informatics (the combination of health and information technology) and investing current innovations in these technologies in a health care setting with emphasis on research, written, and oral presentations.

Breakdown, estimation, leadership of a diverse team, and the use of tools to ensure the completion of deliverables within budget and on schedule. Students taking the health informatics minor focus on applications in the health care settings.

Issues and challenges facing IT executives including IT alignment and governance, consensus, executive leadership, oversight, return-on-investment analysis, project management, and risk management. Students taking the health informatics minor focus on applications in the health care settings.