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Listed below is a sample sequence of courses. Please meet with an advisor for scheduling options. |
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| First Semester | (16 Credits) |
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| 10103106 | Microsoft Office-Beginning | 3 |
| 10501101 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| 10530111 | Medical Records | 3 |
| 10801195 | Written Communication | 3 |
| 10806177 | General Anatomy & Physiology | 4 |
| Second Semester | (18 Credits) |
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| 10196192 | Managing for Quality | 3 |
| 10530122 | Electronic Medical Records | 4 |
| 10530125 | Organization of Healthcare | 2 |
| 10530182 | Human Diseases for the Health Professions | 3 |
| 10801197 | Technical Reporting | 3 |
| 10804189 | Introductory Statistics | 3 |
| Third Semester | (17 Credits) |
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| 10152105 | Database Management | 3 |
| 10196180 | Applied Data Analysis | 3 |
| 10196191 | Supervision | 3 |
| 10501122 | Pharmacology for Allied Health | 2 |
| 10530133 | ICD-9-CM Coding for Biomedical Informatics Technicians | 3 |
| 10530134 | Health Data Analysis and Performance Improvement | 3 |
| Fourth Semester | (18 Credits) |
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| 10530143 | Clinical Experience | 1 |
| 10530144 | CPT Coding for Biomedical Informatics Technicians | 3 |
| 10530146 | Private and Government Reimbursement | 3 |
| 10530148 | Advanced Coding | 2 |
| 10809166 | Intro to Ethics: Theory & Application | 3 |
| 10809196 | Intro to Sociology | 3 |
| 10809198 | Intro to Psychology | 3 |
Total Credits |
69 |
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| Microsoft Office-Beginning - 3 credits Develops introductory skills in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Windows Explorer, Internet, and computer concepts through demonstrations and lab exercises. |
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| Medical Terminology - 3 credits Students focus on the component parts of medical terms: prefixes, suffixes and word roots. Students will practice formation, analysis, and reconstruction of terms. Emphasis on spelling, definition, and pronunciation. Introduction to operative, diagnostic, therapeutic, and symptomatic terminology of all body systems, as well as systemic and surgical terminology. |
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| Medical Records - 3 credits Focuses on the purpose, format, content, use, confidentiality, and administrative issues of a patient's medical history and care. Students will study the use of the patient's medical record as a basis for planning patient care, documenting communication between the healthcare provider and any other health professional contributing to the patient's care, assisting in protecting the legal interest of the patient and the health care providers responsible for the patient's care, and documenting the care and services provided to the patient. Emphasis is placed on accuracy, organization and confidentiality. Students will be introduced to EMR concepts. Corequisite: Medical Terminology 10501101 |
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| Written Communication - 3 credits Develops writing skills which include prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. A variety of writing assignments are designed to help the learner analyze audience and purpose, research and organize ideas, and format and design documents based on subject matter and content. Also develops reading and thinking skills through the analysis of a variety of written documents. Note: It is recommended that students enrolling in this course possess word processing skills. |
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| General Anatomy & Physiology - 4 credits Examines basic concepts of human anatomy and physiology as they relate to health sciences. Using a body systems approach, the course emphasizes the interrelationships between structure and function at the gross and microscopic levels of organization of the entire human body. It is intended to prepare health care professionals who need to apply basic concepts of whole body anatomy and physiology to informed decision-making and professional communication with colleagues and patients. Prerequisite: Prep for Basic Biology 10836113, Prep for Basic Chemistry 10836133, or high school biology or chemistry |
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| Managing for Quality - 3 credits The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to implement and maintain a continuous improvement environment. Each learner will demonstrate the application of a personal philosophy of quality, identify stakeholder relationships, identify ways to meet/exceed customer expectations, apply a systems-focused approach, use quality models and tools, manage a quality improvement project, and measure effectiveness of continuous improvement activities. |
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| Electronic Medical Records - 4 credits Course introduces students to the electronic medical record (EMR) as a technology-based representation of healthcare data integration from a participating collection of varied systems for a single patient. Course covers emerging use of the electronic medical record, as overview of EMR, applications, benefits and barriers to its use, ontologies, vocabularies, principles of implementation, health information exchange, standards, privacy, security, information retrieval, digital libraries, and image management. This course also examines regulations for the content, use, confidentiality, disclosure, and retention of health information. Prerequisites: Medical Terminology 10501101; General A & P 10806177; Medical Records 10530111 Corequisite: Human Diseases for Health Professions 10530182 |
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| Organization of Healthcare - 2 credits This course examines the organization and delivery of health care services, external standards, regulations, initiatives, payment and reimbursement systems, and healthcare providers and disciplines. |
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| Human Diseases for the Health Professions - 3 credits This course focuses on the common diseases of each body system as encountered in all types of healthcare settings by health information professionals. Emphasis is placed on understanding the etiology (causes), signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests, and treatment (including pharmacologic) of each disease. Prerequisites: Medical Terminology 10501101; General A & P 10806177 |
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| Technical Reporting - 3 credits The student will prepare and present oral and written technical reports. Types of reports may include lab and field reports, proposals, technical letters and memos, technical research reports, and case studies. Designed as an advanced communication course for students who have completed at least the prerequisite introductory writing course. Prerequisite: Written Communication 10801195 or consent of instructor. Note: It is recommended that students enrolling in this course possess word processing skills. |
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| Introductory Statistics - 3 credits Students taking Intro Statistics display data with graphs, describe distributions with numbers perform correlation and regression analyses, and design experiments. They use probability and distributions to make predictions, estimate parameters, and test hypotheses. They draw inferences about relationships including ANOVA. |
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| Database Management - 3 credits This course uses hands-on exercises and projects to give students experience with using databases for data storage and retrieval. To encourage students to become more sophisticated database users, background information, general relational database design concepts, and a database security overview are included. Prerequisite: Microsoft Office-Beginning 10103106 |
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| Applied Data Analysis - 3 credits This course provides the student with the tools and skills to collect and analyze data allowing them to solve problems and improve processes. An emphasis will be placed on the use of statistical techniques to create and implement a data collection plan. Statistical techniques emphasized will be process mapping, failure mode and effects analysis, probability, confidence intervals, measurement systems analysis, and hypothesis testing. Prerequisite: Introductory Statistics 10804189 |
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| Supervision - 3 credits The learner applies the skills and tools necessary to perform the functions of a contemporary frontline leader. Students engage in operational planning, analyze organizational structures, review the staffing process, employ techniques to enhance employee personal and group effectiveness, and develop control techniques to measure effectiveness in the above areas. |
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| Pharmacology for Allied Health - 2 credits Introduces students to classifying medications into correct drug categories and applying basic pharmacology principles. Students apply basic pharmacodynamics to identifying common medications, medication preparation, and administration of medications used by the major body systems. |
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| ICD-9-CM Coding for Biomedical Informatics Technicians - 3 credits Course covers the basis for classifying and indexing diagnoses and procedures for the purposes of standardization, retrieval, and statistical analysis. Also used as the basis for payment, research, policy setting, quality improvement, health care management, and other applications. Prepares students to assign ICD-9-CM codes supported by medical documentation with entry-level proficiency. Students apply ICD-9-CM instructional notations, conventions, rules and official coding guidelines when assigning ICD-9-CM codes to case studies and actual medical record documentation. Course includes mapping applications to facilitate transition to ICD-10-CM which will allow for tracking bio-terrorism events and other public health outbreaks. Prerequisites: Medical Terminology 10501101; General A & P 10806177; Human Diseases for Health Professions 10530182; Medical Records 10530111 |
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| Health Data Analysis and Performance Improvement - 3 credits This course introduces the collection, computation, analysis, and presentation of healthcare statistical data. It also studies healthcare performance improvement systems including risk management, utilization management, and quality assessment. Prerequisites: Electronic Medical Records 10530122; Organization of Healthcare 10530125; Introductory Statistics 10804189; Managing for Quality 10196192 |
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| Clinical Experience - 1 credit This course provides a blend of supervised clinical experience in health care facilities or virtual practice with some classroom activity. Students will apply skills and knowledge gained from previous courses. Classroom activity will cover discussion of clinical situations. Prerequisite: Health Data Analysis and Performance Improvement 10530134; Corequisites: Private and Government Reimbursement 10530146, Advanced Coding 10530148 |
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| CPT Coding for Biomedical Informatics Technicians - 3 credits Prepares learners to assign current procedural terminology (CPT) codes supported by medical documentation with entry-level proficiency. Students are familiar with and use standard coding references. Emphasis is placed on accuracy, CPT instructional notations, conventions, rules, and official coding guidelines when assigning CPT codes to case studies and actual medical record documentation. Application of modifiers to services and relationship to financial impact is also covered. Prerequisites: Medical Terminology 10501101; General A & P 10806177; Human Diseases for Health Professions 10530182; Medical Records 10530111 |
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| Private and Government Reimbursement - 3 credits Introduces students to the vocabulary of private or voluntary-based healthcare reimbursement. Students will identify and compare the varieties of private healthcare insurance including the advantages and disadvantages of each for the provider and for the policyholder. Learners assign Diagnosis Related Groups) DRG's, Ambulatory Payment Classifications (APC's), and Resource Utilization (RUG's) with entry-level proficiency using computerized encoding and grouping software. HIPAA guidelines are utilized throughout. Corequisites: ICD-9-CM Coding for BIT 10530133; CPT Coding for BIT 10530144 |
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| Advanced Coding - 2 credits This course builds on basic coding knowledge and skills by providing the student with coding of clinical case studies and actual medical records. The student will access, review, and code electronic medical records from the Academic EHR System. Students will also perform data quality reviews to validate code assignment and compliance with reporting requirements. Prerequisite: ICD-9-CM Coding for BIT 10531133; Corequisites: CPT Coding for BIT 10530144, Private and Government Reimbursement 10530146 |
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| Intro to Ethics: Theory & Application - 3 credits This course provides a basic understanding of the theoretical foundations of ethical thought. Diverse ethical perspectives will be used to analyze and compare relevant issues. Students will critically evaluate individual, social and/or professional standards of behavior, and apply a systemic decision-making process to these situations. |
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| Intro to Sociology - 3 credits Introduces students to the basic concepts of Sociology: culture, socialization, social stratification, multi-culturalism, and the five institutions including family, politics, economics, religion and education. Other topics include: demography, deviance, technology, environment, social issues, social change and social organization. |
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| Intro to Psychology - 3 credits This introductory course in psychology is a survey of the multiple aspects of human behavior. It involves a survey of the theoretical foundations of human functioning in such areas as learning, motivation, emotions, personality, deviance and pathology, physiological factors and social influences. It directs the student to an insightful understanding of the complexities of human relationships in personal, social and vocational settings. |
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