HIT 201 - Intro. of Health Info. Technology This course focuses on orienting the student to the health information profession. Students will also be introduced to primary and secondary records systems, content and structure of health care data and data sets of patient data elements; strucure of helath care in the United States and an outline of its providers; structure and function of American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA); accrediting, licensing, certifying, and government participation in health care; compilation of medical information throughout the patient's course of treatment in the healthcare facility. Prerequisite: Program admission. 3.000 Credit Hours 2.000 Lecture hours 2.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit (TCC, Diploma, AAT, AAS) Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, OBI Diploma/Degree Studies College HIT 202 - Legal Aspects of HIT This course focuses on the study of legal principles related to pationt care, medical records, and health information. Also addressed are legal terminology and procedures, court systems, and liability of health care providers. Importance of medical records as a legal document and the effect of confidentiality on release of information function; record retention and destruction of records are studied; current legal issues, ethics and laws are discussed. Prerequisite: Program admission. 3.000 Credit Hours 2.000 Lecture hours 2.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HIT 203 - Health Data Management This course will examine various technologies used for the collection and managmeent of clinical data. Topics include numbering, filing, patient registration, master patient index, monitoring chart completion, tracking chart location, and correspondence; organization, requirements, and contents of disease registries; data abstracting and retrieval techniques, and management of medical transcription services. The methods range from paper to computer based systems, including optical disk and voice recognition. Prerequisite: HIT 201 5.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours 4.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HIT 204 - Healthcare Statistics & Research This course analyzes the study of methods and formulas used in computing and preparing statistical reports for health care services and vital records. It also focuses on the study of methods and techniques used in presenting statistical data. Prerequisite: HIT 201, HIT 202, MAT 191 4.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours 2.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HIT 205 - Performance Improvement This course introduces the student to the peer review process and the role health information plays in evaluating patient care. The course investigates the components of performance improvement programs in health care facilites, including quality assessment, utilization management, risk management, and critical clinical pathways. State and local standards are included as well as a review of the federal government's role in health care and orientation to accreditation requirements of various agencies. Prerequisite: HIT 204 3.000 Credit Hours 2.000 Lecture hours 2.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HIT 206 - H.I.T. Practicum I This is a supervised internship in acute care settings. This course will prepare the student to perform the basic functions and tasks of a health information department. Activities will include application of health information management procedures learned in the classroom and lab. The HIT program director and the health care facility staff will guide the student in accomplishing the objectives set forth in the Professional Practice Experience Handbook. This course is designed to help the student gain entry-level competences as set forth by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Prerequisite: All general core classes and HIT 201, HIT 202, HIT 203 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 Lecture hours 12.000 PPE hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Hybrid, Clinical, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HIT 207 - H.I.T. Practicum II This course is designed to give the students additional supervised activities in alternative care settings, to include internship in physician's office,nursing homes, home health care agencies and local county health departments. Prerequisite: All general core classes for program HIT 206, HIT 215, HIT 216, HIT 217 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 Lecture hours 12.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Hybrid, Clinical, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HIT 208 - H.I.T. Practicum III This is a continuation of HIT 206 Practicum I and HIT 207 Practicum II. This course is designed to allow students to apply all functions related to the HIT profession. Students are acquainted with occupational responsibilities through realistic work situation and are provided with insights into management and supervisory applications on the job. The student will be given additional advanced health information management experience. The occupation- based instruction is implemented through the use of an internship and all of the following: written individualized training plans, written performance evaluation, and a required bi-weekly seminar. Prerequisite: HIT 206, HIT 207, All core and occupational courses for program completion 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 Lecture hours 12.000 PPE hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Hybrid, Clinical, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HIT 210 - Computers in Health Care Topics include working with vendors, hardware and software components of computers for medical record applications, methods of controlling privacy, accuracy, and security of health information data in computer systems. Prerequisite: SCT 100 3.000 Credit Hours 1.000 Lecture hours 4.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HIT 215 - Coding and Classification I This course provides an introduction to, and application of professional standards in the assignment of codes of diagnoses and procedures using the International Classification of Diseases - 9th Revision - clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). Coding rules will be applied to case studies. DRG's will be assigned using a grouper. Prerequisite: AHS 109, BIO 193, BIO 194, Co-requisite MAS 112 4.000 Credit Hours 2.000 Lecture hours 4.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HIT 216 - Coding and Classification II This is an advanced coding class that includes coding of actual hospital medical records. The medical records will be coded based on the coding principles used in HIT 215. This course also focuses on the various methodologies related to reimbursement in the various healthcare settings. Prerequisite: HIT 215 4.000 Credit Hours 2.000 Lecture hours 4.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, Clinical, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HIT 217 - Coding and Classification III This course provides an introduction to, and application of,codes using CPT/HCPCS system. Codes will be applied to workbook exercises, case studies, and actual outpatient charts. Codes will be assigned manually as well as by an encoder. Prerequisite: AHS 109, BIO 193, BIO 194, Co-requisite MAS 112 3.000 Credit Hours 1.000 Lecture hours 4.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HCMT 203 - Healthcare Supervision This course deals with the problems involving managment of the small working unit (division, department, section, etc.) within a larger health care agency. Included items will be unit goals, identification of problems, staffing needs, monitoring of work progress, unit communications and interpersonal relations with the unit. Prerequisite: Program admission 5.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours 4.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College HCMT 204 - Healthcare Management this course studies the principles of effective management techniques including planning, decision making, organizing, budgeting, communications, and direction. Prerequisite: HCMT 203 5.000 Credit Hours 5.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College MAS 103 - Pharmacology Introduces drug therapy with emphasis of safety, classification of drugs, their action, side effects, and/or adverse reactions. Also introduces the basic concept of mathematics used in the administration of drugs. Topics include: introduction to pharmacology, sources and forms of drugs, drug classification, commonly prescribed medications according to body systems, effect of drugs on the body systems, systems of measurement, and calculating adult and pediatric dosages. Prerequisite: AHS 109, MAT 191 5.000 Credit Hours 5.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College MAS 112 - Human Diseases Provides clear, succinct, and basic information about common medical conditions. Taking each body system, the disease condition is highlighted following a logical formation consisting of: description, etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatment, prognosis, and prevention. Topics include: introduction to disease and disease of body systems including the nutritional and pharmacological implications. Prerequisite: AHS 109 5.000 Credit Hours 5.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College AHS 109 - Med.Term.for Allied Health Science Introduces the elements of medical terminology. Emphasis is placed on building familiarity with medical words through knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Topics include: origins, word building, abbreviations and symbols, terminology related to the human anatomy, reading medical orders and reports, and terminology specific to the student's field of study. Prerequisite: Provisional admission 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture/lab, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College AHS 155 - Epidemiology Terminology, concepts and principles of epidemiology are examined in order to explain the occurence, distribution, and causative factors of diseases in human populations. Prerequisite: Program admission 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lecture, Hybrid, Online, Web Enhanced Class Diploma/Degree Studies College BIO 193 - Anatomy and Physiology Introduces the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Emphasis is placed on the development of a systematic perspective of anatomical structures and physiological processes. Topics include: body organization, cell structure and functions, tissue classifications, the integumentary system, the skeletal system, the muscular system, the respiratory system, the digestive system and the urinary system. Laboratory experience supports classroom learning. Prerequisite: Provisional admission 5.000 Credit Hours 4.000 Lecture hours 3.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit (TCC, Diploma, AAT,AAS) Schedule Types: Diploma/Degree Studies College BIO 194 - Anatomy and Physiology II Continues the study of the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Topics include: the reproductive system, the cardiovascular system, the blood and lymphatic systems, the nervous and sensory systems, the endocrine system, and the immune system. Laboratory experience supports classroom learning. Prerequisite: BIO 193 5.000 Credit Hours 4.000 Lecture hours 3.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit (TCC, Diploma, AAT,AAS) Schedule Types: Lecture/Lab Diploma/Degree Studies College ENG 191 - Composition and Rhetoric Explores the analysis of literature and articles about issues in the humanities and in society. Students practice various modes of writing, ranging from exposition to argumentation and persuasion. The course includes a review of standard grammatical and stylistic usage in proofreading and editing. An introduction to library resources lays the foundation for research. Topics include: writing analysis and practice, revision, and research. Prerequisite: Program admission level language competency or ENG 098 5.000 Credit Hours 5.000 Lecture hours Levels: Credit (TCC, Diploma, AAT,AAS) Schedule Types: Lecture, online General Studies College ENG 193 - Literature and Composition Emphasizes the student's ability to read literature analytically and meaningfully and to communicate clearly. Students analyze the form and content of literature and practice various modes of writing. Topics include: reading and analysis of fiction, poetry, and drama; research; and writing about literature. Prerequisite: ENG 191 with "C" or better 5.000 Credit Hours 5.000 Lecture hours Levels: Credit (TCC, Diploma, AAT,AAS) Schedule Types: Lecture, OnLine General Studies College SPC 191 - Fundamentals of Speech Introduces the fundamentals of oral communication. Topics include: selection and organization of materials, preparation and delivery of individual and group presentations, and analysis of ideas presented by others. Prerequisite: Program admission level language competency or ENG 098 5.000 Credit Hours 5.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit (TCC, Diploma, AAT,AAS) Schedule Types: Lecture, Online General Studies College PSY 191 - Introductory Psychology Emphasizes the basics of psychology. Topics include: science of psychology; social environments; life stages; physiology and behavior; personality; emotions and motives; conflicts, stress, and anxiety; abnormal behavior; and perception, learning, and intelligence. Prerequisite: Degree program admission 5.000 Credit Hours 5.000 Lecture hours Levels: Credit (TCC, Diploma, AAT,AAS) Schedule Types: Lecture, OnLine General Studies College MAT 191 - College Algebra Emphasizes techniques of problem solving using algebraic concepts. Topics include: algebraic concepts and operations linear and quadratic equations and functions, simultaneous equations, inequalities, exponents and powers, graphing techniques, and analytic geometry. Prerequisite: Program admission level math achievement achievement 5.000 Credit Hours 5.000 Lecture hours Levels: Credit (TCC, Diploma, AAT,AAS) Schedule Types: Lecture, Hybrid, OnLine General Studies College SCT 100 - Introduction to Microcomputers Introduces the fundamental concepts and operations necessary to use microcomputers. Emphasis is placed on basic functions and familiarity with computer use. Topics include: computer terminology, introduction to the Windows environment, introduction to networking, introduction to word processing, introduction to spreadsheets, and introduction to databases. Prerequisite: Provisional admission 3.000 Credit Hours 1.000 Lecture hours 4.000 Lab hours Levels: Credit (TCC, Diploma, AAT,AAS) Schedule Types: Lecture/Lab, Hybrid, OnLine, Web Enhanced Class General Studies College