Apr 19, 2024  
2015-2016 Saint Joseph’s College Online 
    
2015-2016 Saint Joseph’s College Online [Archived Catalog]

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HIM 402 - Project and Operations Management


Provides an overview of management principles relevant to the provision of health information services, as well as project management principles and techniques.

Prerequisites & Notes
HA 205, HIM 340, and HIM 214 or HA 214

Assignment Overview
  • Assignments: 5 Units
  • Interactivity: Discussion Board
  • Final Assessment: Online Final Exam


Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

  • Understand the professional code of ethics and what the HIM Code of Ethics means.
  • Understand how and what type of data are captured and structured at an organizational
    level and for a health system.
  • Differentiate between methods of capturing, maintaining, and evaluating the quality of
    health information.
  • Develop standard practices, policies, and procedures that support effective and efficient
    capture, maintenance, and quality of data.
  • Demonstrate how documentation in the health record supports the overall continuum of
    care for the patient, including secondary data sources such as registries, databases, data
    sets, surreys, and core measures.
  • Ensure that documentation in the health record supports the diagnosis and reflects the
    patients progress, clinical findings, and discharge status.
  • Discuss how health care data sets such as HEDIS, UHDDS, and OASIS are used to
    support data capture, maintenance, and quality of health care data.
  • Identify the organizations and standards for the content of the health record.
  • Describe how work flow, space and equipment, aesthetics, and ergonomics factor into the
    functionality of a work environment and methods for distributing work assignment s and
    projects.


Credits: 3



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