| HI 301 | Health Information Mgmt Across Health Care Settings | Health information systems in various health care settings including record content, access and retention, accreditation and licensure, and electronic health records. |
| HI 302 | Medical Language & Pathophysiology | A study of current clinical concepts with emphasis on medical language, disease etiologies and evidence based treatments. |
| HI 303 | Legal Foundations in HIIM | A study of health information laws, regulations, and standards; professional ethical issues; legal health records in an electronic environment; and e-discovery guidelines. |
| HI 309 | Topics in Health Informatics & Infor Mgt | Overview of health informatics and methods of applying information technology to health information management functions including collection, storage, management, analysis, and reporting of healthcare data and information; the impact of selected nat... |
| HI 310 | Computer Concepts for Health Inform Mgt | Computer concepts applied to basic health information management functions; use of productivity software to collect, store, manage, analyze, and report health care data and information; the impact of selected national health information initiatives o... |
| HI 311 | Database Applications in Health Info Sys | Basic principles of data structure and data quality; data modeling; database design and development; management of data resources and databases. |
| HI 312 | Data Analytics & Visualization | The application of analytical tools to compile, analyze and visualize healthcare data. |
| HI 313 | Health Care Database Design & Admin | Utilize technology for data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting of information by applying knowledge of database architecture and design to meet organizational needs. |
| HI 315 | Health Information Managmnt in Hospitals | Health information systems in the acute hospital setting including record content, record retention requirements, accreditation and licensure, manual filing and numbering systems, vital statistics, and the computer-based record. |
| HI 316 | Health Informatics & Info Mgt Hlth Care | Health informatics and information management in long term care, home health care, ambulatory care, behavioral health, hospice, and other health care settings; includes documentation requirements, licensure and accreditation standards, quality assess... |
| HI 318 | Medical Concepts I | A study of current clinical concepts in diseases and their treatments with emphasis on medical language. Prerequisite: Anatomy and Physiology |
| HI 319 | Medical Concepts II | A study of current clinical concepts with emphasis on specified diseases and their causes, lesions, manifestations, and treatments. Prerequisite: HI 318 |
| HI 325 | Coding & Classif Systems for Diagnoses | Classifying diagnoses with limited introduction to classifying procedures; case mix classifications; relationship between various classifications and provider reimbursement mechanisms for inpatients. Prerequisite HI318. Pre or Corequisite HI 319 |
| HI 326 | Human Resource Management | Principles and policies of personnel administration including interviewing, evaluating, and compensating with emphasis on healthcare settings. |
| HI 327 | Coding & Classification Systems for Proc | Classifying procedures; case-mix classifications; relationship between various classifications and provider reimbursement mechanisms. Prerequisite HI 318; Pre or Corequisite HI 319 |
| HI 328 | Classif & Reimbursement Systems for Phys | Classifying patient encounters in a physician or other health care provider practice; payment systems for physician and other health care provider practices |
| HI 329 | Healthcare Data Structure | A study of healthcare data, its collection, analysis, and uses with emphasis on infrastructure and regulatory requirements to support electronic health records. Prerequisite HI 311 |
| HI 330 | Special Topics | Elective. Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Permission of program director |
| HI 335 | Coding & Classification Systems | Classifying diagnoses and procedures; case mix classifications; and provider reimbursement mechanisms for inpatients and outpatients. Prerequisite HI 302. |
| HI 336 | Research Design & Health Care Statistics | The application of research methods including healthcare statistics to explore health information practices. |
| HI 337 | Health Care Statistics | An introduction to terms, definitions, and formulas used in computing health care statistics. |
| HI 338 | Introduction to Research | The application of the research methods to explore health information practices. |
| HI 340 | Health Info Privacy, Security, Goverance | Advanced application of legal concepts regarding managing access and disclosure of personal health information, ensuring privacy and security of protected health information, and enterprise-wide information management. |
| HI 341 | Health Care Standards, Terms & Data Sets | An examination of standardized clinical terminologies, health care information standards, data sets required for state and federal reporting, and standards needed to attain interoperability. |
| HI 342 | Seminar I | Self guided study to review content of junior courses taken and prepare for the RHIA exam. Students take mock RHIA exam quizzes to assess readiness for the registry exam. |
| HI 345 | Electronic Health Records & Informatics | Applied principles of health informatics, including electronic health record technologies, infrastructure, and health information exchange to support population health, e-health and consumer informatics. |
| HI 381 | Health Info Admin Prof Practice Exp I | Project-based practice of health information administration in affiliated health care organization(s) (or organizations that support or regulate health care organizations or health care professionals). Projects completed will relate to didactic cours... |
| HI 412 | Organization and Mgt of Health Info Syst | Development of managerial and leadership skills for managing health information services through group interaction, projects, and reading. (4 semester hours) (4-0-0) Prerequisite: HI 315 |
| HI 415 | Principles of Health Care Management | Apply general principles of management in the administration of health information services; interpret concepts of change management theories, techniques and leadership. |
| HI 416 | Research Design & Statistics for HIIM | A study of basic topics of research design and statistics. Special focus on critical review and techniques of applied research for health information professionals. |
| HI 417 | Research in Healthcare Settings | Students apply research methods to explore health information practices in various health care settings. Course includes relevant projects and professional presentations by the students. |
| HI 418 | Management of Health Information Systems | Apply general principles of management in the administration of health information services; interpret concepts of change management theories, techniques and leadership. |
| HI 419 | Introduction to Biostatistics | Introduction to analyzing statistical data used in health care decision making. |
| HI 420 | Biostatistics & Analytical Tools | Analyze statistical data to visualize trends to demonstrate quality, safety, and effectiveness while facilitating healthcare decision making. |
| HI 421 | Health Care Compliance and Document Impr | Determine processes for compliance with current laws and standards related to health information initiatives and revenue cycle, including verification of health record documentation in supporting patient care and the claims process. |
| HI 422 | Management of Health Information Systems | Best practices in planning, organizing, staffing and directing health information services, including human resource management. |
| HI 423 | Health Care Compliance & Documentation I | Effective strategies for managing compliance with accreditation, legal, and regulatory standards, including HIPAA privacy and security, reimbursement processes, and documentation improvement. |
| HI 424 | Revenue Cycle and Reimbursement Mgnt | Application and evaluation of clinical data, reimbursement methodologies, and compliance and reporting strategies. |
| HI 425 | Healthcare Systems Design and Analysis | A study of computerized health information systems with emphasis on systems design and analysis and systems integration. Prerequisite: HI 311 |
| HI 426 | Affiliation | This supervised professional practice experience requires the student to spend 160 clock hours practicing health information administration in an affiliated healthcare organization (or one that supports or regulates healthcare organizations or health... |
| HI 427 | Seminar | A study of methods of identifying and arriving at satisfactory solutions to problems that may be encountered in health information management. Comprehensive examination. |
| HI 428 | Qual Mgmt & Perf Improvement Strategies | Management of the quality assessment, performance improvement function, and patient and organization safety initiatives. |
| HI 429 | Adv Privacy, Security, & Legal Issues | Management of systems to ensure privacy, confidentiality, security of health information; health information laws, regulations, and standards; elements of compliance programs; professional ethical issues; legal Health Record in an electronic environm... |
| HI 430 | Special Topics | Treatment of specific subjects not dealt with fully in other courses. This elective course may be repeated for credit. |
| HI 431 | Health Care Systems Design & Project Management | Utilize project management tools to plan, design, implement and evaluate health information systems. |
| HI 432 | Capstone Experience | Applied health information principles through completion of a formal capstone project in a health care setting. |
| HI 433 | Clinical Documentation Improvement | Determine processes for compliance with current laws and standards related to health information initiatives and revenue cycle. |
| HI 434 | Professional Practice Experience (Traditional) | Project-based practice of health information administration in affiliated health care organizations that support or regulate health care organizations or health care professionals. |
| HI 442 | Seminar II | Self guided study to review content of senior courses taken. Students take a mock RHIA exam to assess readiness for the registry exam, and then sit for the RHIA exam administered by AHIMA. |
| HI 451 | Directed Study | Projects related to advanced health informatics and information management topics to demonstrate management and leadership skills. |
| HI 482 | Health Info Admin Prof Practice Exp II | Project-based practice of health information administration in affiliated health care organization(s) (or organizations that support or regulate health care organizations or health care professionals). Projects completed will relate to didactic cours... |
| HI 483 | HIIM Professional Practice Experience | This supervised professional practice experience requires the student to spend 80 clock hours practicing health information administration in an affiliated health care organization (or one that supports or regulates health care organizations or healt... |
| HI 485 | Health Info Admin Professional Practicum | Project-based practice of health information administration in affiliated healthcare organizations that support or regulate healthcare organizations or healthcare professionals. Projects completed will relate to didactic courses taken previously or... |
| HI 486 | Professional Practice Experience ( Progression) | Project-based practice of health information administration in affiliated health care organizations that support or regulate health care organizations or health care professionals. |
| HI 502 | Health Care Delivery and Policy | A survey of the modern health care system, covering health information technology, financing health care, population health and policies that serve as the foundation of the US health care system. |
| HI 503 | Perspectives in the Health Info Prof | Provides an overview of the disciplines that comprise the health information field, including a survey of professional certifications, principal publications, essential core competencies, and the value of information as a tool. |
| HI 531 | Health Informatics | An exploration of the health informatics domain including emergence of the discipline, health information systems research, clinical data standards theory and development, medical decision-making principles, biomedical simulations, artificial intelli... |
| HI 534 | Dev of Electronic Health Info Systems | A study of technology applications used in healthcare, including electronic health records, that emphasizes project management, user interface design, system selection, and security management. |
| HI 600 | Health Information Management | Health information systems in various settings including record content, record retention requirements, accreditation and licensure, filing and numbering systems, vital statistics, electronic health records, documentation requirements, quality assess... |
| HI 601 | Medical Concepts | A study of current clinical concepts in diseases and their treatments with emphasis on medical language. |
| HI 602 | Health Care Delivery and Policy | A survey of the modern health care system, covering health information technology, financing health care, population health and policies that serve as the foundation of the US health care system. |
| HI 603 | Perspectives in the Health Info Prof | Provides an overview of the disciplines that comprise the health information field, including a survey of professional certifications, principal publications, essential core competencies, and the value of information as a tool. |
| HI 604 | Leadership Strategies in Health Informatics | Development of leadership strategies with emphasis on health informatics issues. |
| HI 605 | Applied Health Care Statistics | Utilization of descriptive and inferential statistics to assess health care outcomes. |
| HI 606 | Mgmt of Health Info Services & Systems | Development of managerial and leadership skills for managing health information services through group interaction, projects, and reading; principles and policies of human resource management including interviewing, evaluating, and compensating with... |
| HI 607 | Management and Leadership in Health Info | Management and leadership strategies with emphasis on health informatics issues. |
| HI 608 | Data Architecture, Analytics, & Visualization | Overview of data sciences focusing on relational database structure, analysis, and visualization. |
| HI 609 | Information Technology & Applications | Overview of healthcare data and methods of applying information technology to health information functions including collection, storage, management, analysis, and reporting of healthcare data and information; the impact of selected national health i... |
| HI 610 | Privcy, Sec, & Legl aspects of Hlth Info | Principles of law and their application in the healthcare field, the health record as a legal document, release of information, confidential communications, consents, authorizations, and risk management. HIPAA and HITECH requirements for privacy and... |
| HI 611 | Research Design and Statistics in Health | Health informatics research design and statistics. Special focus on critical review and techniques of applied research. |
| HI 612 | Management and Leadership Principles for HIM | Development of managerial and leadership skills for managing health information services. |
| HI 613 | Health Care Performance Improvement Stra | Principles of performance improvement applied to healthcare organizations. |
| HI 614 | Privacy and Security for Health Informatics | Assessment of security vulnerabilities and threats, exploration of technical applications and software tools used for securing health information systems. |
| HI 615 | Health Care Reimbursement & Financial Man | A study of the relationship between health information management and healthcare reimbursement. |
| HI 616 | Health Care Reimbursement | Examination of health care reimbursement methodologies and payment systems. |
| HI 617 | Epidemiology & Public Health Informatics | An overview of the principles, methods, and issues in epidemiology and public health informatics. |
| HI 618 | Legal Aspects of Health Information Management | Examination of the influence of laws on policies and technology to protect data security, privacy, and confidentiality of health information. |
| HI 619 | Health Information and Computer Science | An application of principles in computer science theory and networking. |
| HI 620 | Performance Improvement Strategies | Principles of performance improvement applied to health care organizations. |
| HI 621 | Clinical Classifications Systems I | An introduction to classification systems including impact of ICD-10- CM/PCS on MS-DRGs and APR DRGs; case mix classifications and classifying diagnosis. |
| HI 622 | Clinical Classifications Systems II | Classifying procedures based on ICD-10-PCS and impact of procedures on DRG assignment; building on HI 621 with adding diagnoses to complete the classification. Prerequisite: HI 621. |
| HI 623 | Clinical Classifications Systems III | Classifying outpatient services. Review of APCs and building on HI 621 with adding diagnoses to complete the classification. Prerequisites: HI 621 and HI 622. |
| HI 624 | Clinical Classifications Systems IV | Classifying outpatient procedures. |
| HI 625 | Clinical Document Improvement Strategies | An analysis of clinical documentation impact on compliance, quality, and reimbursement. Prerequisites: HI 621, HI 622 and HI 623. |
| HI 627 | Clinical Documentation Improvement | An analysis of clinical documentation’s impact on compliance, quality, and reimbursement. Prerequisite HI 628. |
| HI 628 | Coding for Reimbursement | Introduction to coding and classification systems and their impact on quality reporting and revenue cycle. Prerequisite: HI 601. |
| HI 629 | Clinical Classifications Systems | An introduction to classification systems, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), and their impact on quality reporting and revenue cycle. |
| HI 630 | Health Information Systems | An examination of health informatics topics and clinical information systems. |
| HI 631 | Health Informatics | An examination of the interrelatedness of social, business, human factors, behavioral, and information sciences and technology in the design, implementation, and evaluation of health informatics solutions. |
| HI 632 | Databases and Knowledge Management | A study of database management systems, including data modeling, structured query language (SQL), and data warehousing. |
| HI 634 | Dev. of Electronic Health Info Systems | Evaluation of information systems used in health care that emphasizes project management, system analysis, and user interfaces. |
| HI 636 | Decision Support Systems | The design and development of decision support systems, with emphasis on use of knowledge management applications and decision analysis techniques will be studied. Additionally, the design of artificial intelligence systems will be addressed. |
| HI 638 | Clinical Vocabularies and Classification Systems | An examination of standardized clinical terminologies, medical vocabulary standards, data mapping, and natural language processing required for interoperability. |
| HI 640 | Contemporary Issues in Health Care Finan | A study of current issues in health economics including problems and options in the financing of heath care such as physician and hospital services, mental health, long term care, and health care reimbursement. |
| HI 681 | Professional Practice Experience I | In this supervised professional practice experience, students will spend 40 clock hours observing and/or practicing health information administration in affiliated healthcare organization(s) (or organizations that support or regulate healthcare organ... |
| HI 682 | Professional Practice Mgmt Experience II | Building on Professional Practice Experience I, this supervised professional practice experience requires the student to spend 40 clock hours practicing health information administration in an affiliated healthcare organization (or one that supports... |
| HI 683 | Special Topics Prof Practice Mgmt Exp | In this elective supervised professional practice experience, students will spend 40 clock hours per credit hour practicing health informatics or information administration in affiliated healthcare organization(s) (or organizations that support or re... |
| HI 684 | Management Capstone | An applied practice-based problem solving experience that draws on health information management and informatics principles. |
| HI 685 | Professional Practice Experience | An applied practice-based problem solving experience that draws on health information management and informatics principles. |
| HI 690 | Special Topics | Elective covering selected issues, problems, research techniques, materials, and policies. Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Permission of program director |
| HI 697 | Capstone: Health Information Management | An integration and application of knowledge and skills learned in prior courses. |
| HI 698 | Capstone in Health Informatics | Project-based practice developed in collaboration between student and faculty. A final report and/or presentation will be required. |
| HI 699 | Capstone: Health Informatics & Info Mgmt | A study of methods of identifying and researching problems in health informatics and information management. |