College of Allied Health

Course Syllabus

HIM261 - Healthcare Management

4 Credit Hours

Course Description

This course will engage in the functions of a manager, planning, organizing, decision making, staffing, leading or directing, communication and motivating. Further study will include principles of authority/ responsibility, delegation and effective communication, organization charts, job descriptions, policies and procedures, employee motivation, discipline and performance evaluation.

Course Prerequisites

HIM161, HIM170, ENG102

Required Text(s) and Resources

Kelly, J.R., & Greenstone, P.S. (2020). Management for the health information professional (2nd ed.). AHIMA Press. ISBN: 9781584266815.

Student Learning Outcomes

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

• Identify the various types of management styles
• Develop work plans, policies, procedures, and resource requisitions in relation to job functions
• Prioritize the functions of an HIM department
• Contribute to work team and committees
• Observe staffing levels and productivity standards for health information functions
• Provide feedback to work team regarding performance
• Use quality improvement tools and techniques to monitor, report and improve processes
• Projectine items for budgetary oversight to maximize cost savings and workflow processes and goals
• Demonstrate the importance of orientation, training, and continuing education in the workplace

HIM Associate Degree Entry Level Competencies

This course will focus on the following AHIMA competencies:

• VI.1 – Demonstrate fundamental leadership skills.
• VI.2 – Identify the impact of organizational change.
• VI.3 – Identify human resource strategies for organizational best practices.
• VI.4 – Utilize data-driven performance improvement techniques for decision making.
• VI.5 – Utilize financial management processes.
• VI.6 – Projectine behaviors that embrace cultural diversity.
• VI.9 – Identify processes of workforce training for healthcare organizations.

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

All courses in the HIM Program have a ten-day assignment cycle. Each week’s work is made available Friday at 5 p.m. and remains available for ten days. The weekly assignments and discussions are due on the Sunday night of the week following the week they were made available, ten days later. For Projectple, if the weekly assignments are made available at 5 p.m. on Friday, January 8, the completed assignments are due at midnight, on Sunday, January 17.

Note these two exceptions: Week 1 when the week's work is open from the first day of the quarter at 8 a.m. to Sunday at 11:55 p.m. and the last week when the final Project is available from Monday at 8 a.m. until Thursday at 11:55 p.m. All times listed are EST/EDT.

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

Assessment of Outcomes

Grading Criteria

Grades within the Learning Management System (LMS) are not official until the instructor reviews and finalizes all grades at the end of the quarter. Official grades are available Monday following the last week of the quarter.

Incomplete: A grade of incomplete may be granted to students who have suffered serious personal illness or critical emergency circumstances during the academic term, resulting in failure to complete all assignments by the end of the quarter. Documentation from a physician is required and must be attached to the petition for a temporary grade of incomplete. Please see the college catalog for additional information.

Late Policy

All assignments are due Sunday each week. Each student will be allowed two late assignments. The request to submit a late assignment must be received by the instructor no later than 12:00pm, Eastern on Monday after the week closes via send messages. The late assignment(s) will be due by Thursday, 11:55pm, Eastern and five points per day will be deducted. Any subsequent late assignment (assignment three forward) will be scored as a zero if not completed by Sunday each week. This policy only applies to assignments. Quizzes, Projects, discussions, projects and research papers are not eligible for late submissions. This policy applies to all students regardless of enrollment date.

If you experience technical difficulties in the LMS that may result in a late assignment, you must immediately contact the 24/7 Online Support Center (toll free) at 1-888-720-6684 and try to resolve the issue. The Online Support Center keeps track of all support calls made by students.

Assignment Descriptions

Discussions - Weekly discussions are designed to engage critical thinking regarding the readings and provide a forum to interact with other students. Your initial discussion post is due Wednesday, with meaningful responses to at least two peers by Sunday. The textbook is a great starting point, but is not scholarly, therefore, it is not a valid reference for this course. Your name should be in the title of your discussion, failure to comply will result in a zero for the discussion.

Assignments - Assignments are designed to show your understanding of the weekly concept(s). Full research of the topic with references in APA format are required for assignments. Your assignment should show critical thinking, be free of grammatical errors and be written in APA format. APA format information can be found under the Library tab to the left.

Grading Explanation

Date of last review: August 2020