Health Information Technology

GOAL 1 Students/graduates will employ policies, regulations, and standards to management of health data.

1. Students will describe health care organizations from the perspective of key stakeholders.
2. Students will apply policies, regulations, and standards to the management of information.
3. Students will identify policies and strategies to achieve data integrity.
4. Students will determine compliance of health record content within the health organization.
5. Students will explain the use of classification systems, clinical vocabularies, and nomenclatures.
6. Students will describe components of data dictionaries and data sets.

GOAL 2 Students/graduates will apply privacy and security processes to health information.

1. Students will apply privacy strategies to health information.
2. Students will apply security strategies to health information.
3. Students will identify compliance requirements throughout the health information life cycle.

GOAL 3 Students/graduates will utilize technology for managing health information and processing healthcare data.

1. Students will apply health informatics concepts to the management of health information.
2. Students will utilize technologies for health information management.
3. Students will calculate statistics for healthcare operations.
4. Students will report healthcare data through graphical representations.
5. Students will describe research methodologies used in healthcare.
6. Students will describe the concepts of managing data.
7. Students will summarize standards for the exchange of health information.

GOAL 4 Students/graduates will apply revenue cycle management principles.

1. Students will validate assignment of diagnostic and procedural codes and groupings in accordance with official guidelines.
2. Students will describe components of revenue cycle management and clinical documentation improvement.
3. Students will summarize regulatory requirements and reimbursement methodologies.

GOAL 5 Students/graduates will apply legal and ethical principles to health information technology.

1. Students will apply legal processes impacting health information.
2. Students will demonstrate compliance with external forces.
3. Students will identify the components of risk management related to health information management.
4. Students will identify the impact of policy on health care.

GOAL 6 Students/graduates will demonstrate fundamental leadership skills in health information technology.

1. Students will demonstrate fundamental leadership skills.
2. Students will identify the impact of organizational change.
3. Students will identify human resource strategies for organizational best practices.
4. Students will utilize data-driven performance improvement techniques for decision making.
5. Students will utilize financial management processes.
6. Students will examine behaviors that embrace cultural diversity.
7. Students will assess ethical standards of practice.
8. Students will describe consumer engagement activities.
9. Students will identify processes of workforce training for healthcare organizations.