I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Healthcare Information Systems

2. Course Prefix & Number:
HINS 1142

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 3

4. Course Description:

With the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), there is a wealth of health data and information available. This course will focus on how health information data is an asset to healthcare facilities and ultimately to patients. This course will review the basics of electronic health records (EHR), general healthcare computer systems, and data retrieval. The course will explore how these systems and issues affect and are affected by the individuals working with health information.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

No placement tests required

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

Alexandria Technical College, MEDS 2601 Intro to Health Information, 3 credits
St. Cloud Technical College, HITM 1240 Computerized Health Information, 3 credits

2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:

College of St. Scholastica, Articulation agreement signed Summer 2020 (HIM 2111)

MSU - Moorhead, Aritculation agreemented signed Spring 2019 (MSU-M Electives)

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Healthcare Administrative Specialist, AAS
Healthcare Administrative Specialist, Diploma

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Identify the information systems needed to support efficient operations in the health information management department.
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations	Apply policies and procedures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of health data both internal and external to the health system.
Utilize appropriate technology	Explain how the utilization of health information is used to support enterprise wide decisions for strategic planning.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Define and explain data analytics and health informatics and how information systems apply;
• Identify and list the various data sources that populate the electronic health record;
• Explain the importance of data quality, data entry, data integrity, data reliability, and data analysis;
• Explain database management and how the manipulation and control of the data stored within the database is used to meet the needs of the healthcare facility;
• Differentiate between the various software products used in the health information management department;
• Explain how administrative systems impact health information management practices;
• Explain why the use and implementation of document management systems is valuable to health information;
• Explain the benefits and pitfalls of the copy and paste function within a health record; and
• Explain why the health information exchange (HIE) is a positive step for healthcare.

 

 

 

 

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Introduction to Computers in Health Information Management
• Impact of computers on healthcare
• Impact of technology on patient care
• Patient safety
• Evidence-based medicine
• Impact on the health information management profession
• Introduction to health informatics and data analytics
2. Information Integrity and Data Quality
• Data sources
• Primary data source
• Secondary data source
• Data capture
• Template-based data entry
• Speech recognition
• Natural language processing
• Data Integrity
• Data Quality Management
• Accessibility
• Accuracy
• Comprehensiveness
• Consistency
• Currency
• Relevancy
• Timeliness
• Data Documentation Integrity Issues
• Patient identification
• Authorship
• Dictation errors
• Copying and pasting
• Amendments to health record
3. Database Management System
1. Natural language queries
2. Structured query language
3. Data dictionary
4. Data Standards
4. Database Repository and Data Warehouse
5. Data Mining
• Common uses and examples in healthcare and health information management.
6. Computers in Health Information Management
• Release of information and disclosure management systems
• Encoder and grouper
• Cancer and other registry
• Chart locator system
• Chart deficiency
• Birth certificate system
• Dictation and transcription system
• Healthcare quality indicator
• Computer-assisted coding system
• Clinical documentation improvement
7. Administrative Information Systems
• Financial information system
• Human resource information system
• Decision support system
• Master Patient Index (MPI)
• Patient registration
• Functionality of Admission, Discharge, Transfer (ADT)
• Scheduling system
• Practice management
• Materials management system
• Facilities management
8. Clinical Information Systems
• Document management system
• Components
• Scanner and scanning workstation
• Abstracting and quality control workstation
• File server
• Retrieval workstation
• Online availability of information
• Security and control
• Reporting
• Ancillary and department information systems
• Radiology
• Laboratory
• Nursing
• Pharmacy
• Emergency Department
• Anesthesia
• Telehealth
• Interdisciplinary charting system
9. Electronic Health Record
• Purpose and components of electronic health record
• Benefits of the electronic health record
• Barriers to use of the electronic health record
• Electronic health record tools
• Legal issues
• Interoperability
• Impact on health information management
10. Consumer/Patient Informatics
• Health literacy
• Telehealth
• Patient portals
• Personal health records
11. Health Information Exchange (HIE)
• Benefits and barriers to health information exchange.
• Meaningful use
• Models of health information exchange
• Consolidated or centralized model
• Federated or decentralized model
• Hybrid Model
• Methods of health information exchange
• Direct exchange
• Query-based exchange
• Consumer-mediated exchange
• Privacy 
12. Standards
• Standard development organizations
• American National Standards Institute
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International
• Data content standards
• Vocabulary standards
• Systemized nomenclature of medicine
• Logical observation identifier names and codes
• RxNorm
• Unified medical language system
• National drug codes
• Dental terminology
• MEDCIN (Medicomp Systems, Inc)
• Diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders
• Mapping
• Messaging standards
13. Security
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 
• Security threats and safeguards
14. Information and Data Governance in Health Information Management
• Impact on health information management
• Valued strategic asset
• Strategic alignment
• Roles of the health information management professional
• Technology competency
• Skills required
• Roles by setting
• Healthcare facilities
• Vendors
• Government agencies
• Educational facilities
• Roles by function
• Traditional job titles and descriptions
• Data steward
• Clinical documentation improvement coordinator
• Health data analyst
• Health information management reimagined initiative