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Credits: 3 |
Pre-requisite: ENGL 1101 Co-requisite: ENGL 1102 or permission of instructor |
The basic concepts and techniques for managing and maintaining health record systems including storage and retrieval, the use and structure of healthcare data and data sets, quantitative and qualitative analysis of healthcare data, forms design, release of information, function of indexes and registers and the accreditation, certification and licensure standards applicable to healthcare data.
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Introduction to the principles of organization and supervision in order to develop effective skills in leadership, motivation, and team building techniques in the practice of health information management.
Prerequisites: HITE 2100 and ENGL 1102 or permission of instructor.
Corequisites: ALHE 2050.
This course introduces the student to the field of Health Information Management (HIM) and its role in healthcare delivery systems. Emphasis is placed on the health information management profession, hospital and medical staff organization, structure and content of medical records, quantitative and qualitative analysis, release of patient information, legal aspects of medical records, ethical issues in HIM, healthcare statistics, indexes and registers, electronic medical records, payment and reimbursement systems, and regulatory and accrediting agencies.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Health Information Technology Programs
Corequisites: HITE 2100, HITE 2400
Principles of ICD-9-CM used in the assignment of valid diagnostic and/or procedure codes.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1100K, HITE 2100, or permission of instructor.
Prerequisite/Corequisites: HITE 2400.
Proctored Tests – this course requires 1 proctored tests. Students living in the Albany area may test at the testing center at Albany State University – students who live outside the Albany area must arrange with their instructor for an approved proctoring site – off-site proctor approval forms are found within your course. (Proctored testing prices vary greatly from site to site; please check your local area for proctored costs for this course.)
Principles of CPT coding system used to assign valid procedure and service codes.
Prerequisite: HITE 2150
Proctored Tests – this course requires 1 proctored test. Students living in the Albany area may test at the testing center at Albany State University – students who live outside the Albany area must arrange with their instructor for an approved proctoring site – off-site proctor approval forms are found within your course. (Proctored testing prices vary greatly from site to site; please check your local area for proctored costs for this course.)
| Credits: 3 |
This course integrates and builds on basic knowledge and skills acquired in HITE 2150 and HITE 2160, enhancing skill level through use of clinical case studies. Reimbursement topics include DRGs, APCs, RBRVs, Chargemasters and Coding Compliance. Students will have live access to a QuadraMed encoder.
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Proctored Tests – this course requires 1 proctored test. Students living in the Albany area may test at the testing center at Albany State University – students who live outside the Albany area must arrange with their instructor for an approved proctoring site – off-site proctor approval forms are found within your course. (Proctored testing prices vary greatly from site to site; please check your local area for proctored costs for this course.)
Emphasis is placed on the effective use, collection arrangement, presentation and verification of health care data, and on the concepts of descriptive statistics and data validity and reliability.
Prerequisites: ALHE 2050, MATH 1101, HITE 2100, CISM 2201, or permission of instructor
An introduction to the legal and ethical issues applicable to health information.
Prerequisite: ALHE 2050 and HITE 2100 or permission of instructor.
Prerequisite/Corequisites: ALHE 2050 and HITE 2110.
The study of the nature and cause of disease including the etiology, signs, symptoms, diagnostic evaluation, clinical treatment, and pharmacology management of disease processes.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1100K, HITE 2100, or permission of instructor.
Corequisite: HITE 2150
| Credits: 3 | Corequisite: HITE 2100 |
An introduction to the pathophysiology of cancer, using principles from anatomy and physiology to This course is an introduction to the pathophysiology of cancer, using principles from anatomy and physiology to provide a foundation for the study of oncology disease process. Diagnostic and staging procedures, treatment modalities including surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.
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The concepts of medical record management through an information system that is an organized combination of people, hardware, software, communication networks and data resources that collect, transform and disseminate information in a healthcare organization.
Prerequisites: HITE 2100 or permission of instructor
This course provides an overview of healthcare record content and organization for the transcription student.
Corequisites: HITE 2501.
Introduction to the principles of the quality assessment process.
| Credits: 2 |
Supervised clinical experience in an acute care setting.
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A continuation of HITE 2600 in alternative healthcare settings.
Exploration of current issues and trends in the health information profession and in the health care industry with emphasis on review for RHIT exam.
Prerequisites: HITE 2100, HITE 2110, HITE 2400, HITE 2500, HITE 2550, HITE 2150, HITE 2250, HITE 2600, or permission of instructor.
Corequisites: HITE 2610, HITE 2160, HITE 2170.
An introduction to cancer registries: hospital-based and central registries; legal issues and confidentiality; data standards set by the national Cancer Institute; program requirements outlined by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons; type of cancer registries and data users.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Cancer Registry Management Certificate and completion of all learning support requirements.
Corequisite: HITE 2731
| Credits: 3 |
Corequisite: HITE 2724, HITE 2738, HITE 2752 |
An introduction to the pathophysiology of cancer, using principles from anatomy and physiology to provide a foundation for the study of oncology disease process. Diagnostic and staging procedures, treatment modalities, including surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy with emphasis on pharmacology will be addressed.
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This course will focus on management functions including budgeting, annual reports, staffing determinations, CoC standards, cancer committees, cancer conferences. Basic operational tasks, reference resources and computer hardware and software needs will be introduced.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Cancer Registry Management Program. Completion of all LS requirements.
Corequisites: HITE 2717
| Credits: 2 | Corequisites: HITE 2745, HITE 2752 |
This course covers cancer patient follow-up methodology, confidentiality, and ethical issues; identification of second primaries, recurrence, spread of disease and survival data. Physical, patient, and other follow-up resources and activities will be introduced.
| Credits: 4 |
Prerequisite: HITE 2717, HITE 2724, HITE 2423 |
Concepts of coding and staging of malignant neoplasms, including a general overview of International classification of Disease for Oncology (ICD-o) nomenclature and classification system; AJCC and SEER staging extent of disease concepts used by physicians and cancer surveillance organizations to determine treatment and survival.
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| Credits: 3 | Prerequisite: HITE 2717, HITE 2738, HITE 2423 |
Introduction to the principles of cancer registry abstracting; identification and selection of appropriate clinical information from medical records in a manner consistent with cancer registry core data item requirements recording; coding and staging site-specific cancer information; manual and computerized applications will be introduced.
| Credits: 2 | Prerequisites: HITE 2724, HITE 2731, HITE 2738, HITE 2745, HITE 2717, HITE 2423 Corequisites: HITE 2759 |
Continuation of the applications of the principles of cancer registry abstracting; identification and selection of appropriate clinical information from medical records in a manner consistent with cancer registry core data item requirements recording; coding and staging site-specific cancer information; use of quality control edits to assure timelines, completeness and accuracy of data.
| Credits: 2 | Prerequisite: HITE 2717 Corequisites: HITE 2731, HITE 2738 |
Introduction to cancer statistics, descriptive and analytic, epidemiology, cancer surveillance, annual report preparation, presentation of cancer data and special studies; use of cancer statistical data for marketing and strategic planning.
| Credits: 5 | Prerequisites: HITE 2717, HITE 2723, HITE 2724, HITE 2731, HITE 2738, HITE 2745 Corequisites: HITE 2746 |
Clinical experience performing actual tasks in registry management, data collection processes, data utilization, and computer applications under the supervision of a CTR (Certified Tumor Registrar).