Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Fall 2013
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HCIP 5370. Health Vocabularies and Classification Systems. (3) Prerequisite: Enrollment in the PSM in Health Informatics or Graduate Certificate in HIT. Development of fundamental medical terminology, consisting of basic word structure (including word analysis, combining forms, suffixes, prefixes, and pronunciation) of descriptive medical terms pertaining to the body as a whole and to each body system. Clinical vocabularies, terminologies and coding systems, along with definitions are described in the context of caring and treating patients. Terms covered include: diseases, diagnoses, findings, operations, treatments, drugs, and administrative items as utilized to support recording and reporting a patient's care at varying levels of detail via an electronic medical record. Identifying appropriate representation elements, uses, and sources in order to apply them in the context of health information systems and communication. (Fall) (Evenings)
HCIP 5375. Computer Vocabularies and Programming Systems. (3) Prerequisite: Enrollment in the PSM in Health Informatics or Graduate Certificate in HIT. Study of the terminology and concepts used in Information Technology, Computer Science, and Information Systems. Topics include: computers and their components, system and application software, programming paradigms, databases and data warehouses, networks, Internet, Web, security, personal digital assistants, communications, data formats and media, data representations, computer games, and technology. Explores technological constraints introduced by the intricacies of varying application domains. (Fall) (Evenings)
HCIP 5376. Introduction to Programming for Health Informatics. (3) Prerequisite: Enrollment in the PSM in Health Informatics or Graduate Certificate in HIT. Foundational use of object-oriented programming and scripting techniques to solve common problems in health informatics. Topics include: data structures for electronic health records; developing basic electronic health record applications; relational database connectivity; and interfacing with industry standard health information systems. (Spring) (Evenings)
HCIP 6380. Introduction to Health Informatics. (3) Prerequisite: Enrollment in the PSM in Health Informatics or Graduate Certificate in HIT. Introduces the fundamental concepts and techniques in application data management for Health Informatics and in understanding reference terminologies, data mapping and conversion, and supporting data storage and formats. Topics include: internal and external policy issues governing data collection, storage, exchange, and compliance. Includes a detailed look at the Electronic Health Record and digitized Personal Health Record as used in current healthcare environments. Primarily covers AHIMA HIM competency I.A. (Spring) (Evenings)