2017-2018 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
HIM 301 - Introduction to Health Information Management
This course provides an overview of the health information management (HIM) profession. Topics include analysis, licensing, certification, and accreditation documentation standards. Explores topics of patient confidentiality, form design, numbering systems, health information storage and retention systems, and computerization of health records. Course offered fall semester. Includes two hours laboratory time. Prerequisite: Admission to the health information management program.
Credits: 3