College of Allied Health

Course Syllabus

HIM121 - Health Information Technology

4 Credit Hours

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the practical aspects of health information technology. This includes the key concepts of health information and medical records. It also includes health data structure, content and standards, data monitoring and compliance reporting.: National Healthcare Information Infrastructure, and documentation requirements. This course also introduces the types and content of the health record.

Course Prerequisites

None

Required Text(s) and Resources

Sayles, N.B. (2025). Health information management technology: An applied approach (7th ed.). Chicago, IL: AHIMA. ISBN: 9781584269793

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Differentiate the various administrative roles in protecting patient health records.
• Compare and contrast the elements contained in different types of medical records.
• Identify how data sets, clinical vocabularies, and standards protect data integrity and validity
• Differentiate between reimbursement methodologies
• Identify essential steps related to the implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) system
• Evaluate the validity of a Release of Information (ROI) request
• Distinguish between uses of primary and secondary data
• Distinguish between clinical performance improvement (PI) and performance management (PM)

Assessment of Outcomes

Specified on the course schedule/outline

Grading System

For more details about the Grading System, please see the current catalog.

Active Participation

Students must be actively engaged in the course. For a definition of active engagement, please see the current catalog.

Academic Integrity

Cheating and plagiarism are serious offenses against the University s academic integrity and are consequently strictly prohibited. All students must familiarize themselves with the University policy on Academic Integrity.

Penalties for cheating and plagiarism are described in the University policy on Academic Integrity in the catalog. They include failure of the assignment, failure for the course, or dismissal from the University. For the complete Cheating/Plagiarism policy, please see the current catalog.

Students with Disabilities

Students who have disabilities that may impact their performance in this course should follow the process described under the heading Accommodations for the Disabled in the current catalog.

Discipline (Program) - Specific Information

None

Course Schedule

This course requires a minimum of 70% (C) or higher for successful completion.

Late work is not accepted.

The use of AI in this course is prohibited.

Grading Criteria