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• HIS 225: US History Since 1945

  3.00 Credits

  Lehigh Carbon Community College

  
  As the period in which the United States emerged as the global leader of the free world, the post-1945 period is the one which most Americans consider to be the natural state of the nation. Considering this period in contrast to the previous 170 years of American history, and again to the contemporary world, students will gain an understanding of the uniqueness of this time in U.S. history. Grounding the macro view of history will be investigations into specific events and people as students gain further insight into the flow and process of the U.S. as a non-static enitity.
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• HIT 110: Intro to Health Info Science

  3.00 Credits

  Lehigh Carbon Community College

  
  An introduction to the medical or health record, this course provides a basic understanding of the development, content, format, and control of medical records. The course provides an orientation to health delivery systems as well as legal and ethical aspects of federal, state, and local agencies. The course also introduces the student to the system of healthcare reimbursement and the function of the medical record department and the medical record in reimbursement.
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• HIT 120: Medical Terminology

  3.00 Credits

  Lehigh Carbon Community College

  
  This course reviews the systems of the human anatomy and certain medical specialties, concentrating on the medical terms and their component parts to give the student a working knowledge of medical terminology. Students will be able to build, define, pronounce, and demonstrate a working knowledge of the terms used in today's health care fields.
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• HIT 130: Health Info Alter Settings

  4.00 Credits

  Lehigh Carbon Community College

  
  This course will introduce the student to health information in settings other than the acute care facility. Emphasis will be not only on the content of health information used in alternative settings but also on the dissemination, subsequent use, and linkage of the information. The areas covered will include: long-term care, psychiatric facilities, home health, rehabilitation, tumor registry, and other specialty settings. This course will combine classroom lecture and clinical experience with visits to these settings, guest lecturers, and clinical affiliation at a specialty site.
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• HIT 140: Health Law

  3.00 Credits

  Lehigh Carbon Community College

  
  This course will introduce the student to confidentiality of medical record information, specialized release of information procedures, health care legislation and concepts of liability in the health care field. There will be a general introduction to the American government and court systems. In addition, risk management in health care will be covered.
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• HIT 150: Clinical Doc Improvement

  3.00 Credits

  Lehigh Carbon Community College

  
  This course addresses the principles of Clinical Documentation Improvement and process. The emphasis in on information integrity and data quality as it relates to diagnosis and procedural documentation specificity for coding, effective query communication, revenue cycle reimbursement and compliance and regulatory requirements. Review of data benchmarking and trending will also be incorporated.
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• HIT 200: Health Information Processing

  3.00 Credits

  Lehigh Carbon Community College

  
  This course will introduce the HIT student to the concepts of data entry, data display, report generation data abstracting and the use of data in health care facilitis and the role of the HIM manager in this process.
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• HIT 210: Health Information Reporting

  3.00 Credits

  Lehigh Carbon Community College

  
  This course will introduce the student to general health care statistics and vital statistics as well as the state and federal laws governing the collecting of those statistics. Students will be exposed to health statistics reporting, display of information and presentation of results. In addition, there will be an introduction to Quality Assurance and Utilization Review in the Acute Care Facility as two of the utilizers and generators of health data in the acute care facility. A laboratory session will be held each meeting to apply concepts as they are reviewed.
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• HIT 220: Health Info Mgmt Practicum

  3.00 Credits

  Lehigh Carbon Community College

  
  This course will cover the role of the medical record technician as a manager and supervisor in the medical record department and other health care settings. Students will rotate through "simulated" medical record departments in all functional areas and be responsible for developing job descriptions, policies and procedures, hiring and termination policies, and other management-related experiences. In addition, the student will be exposed to forms design and control, quality control and auditing practices. Field trips to observe management styles will be arranged.
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• HIT 230: Professional Practice Exp

  4.00 Credits

  Lehigh Carbon Community College

  
  This course is completed via AHIMA's Virtual Lab as directed by the HIT Program Faculty to simulate an acute care hospitals HIM dept. The student will participate in the various functions found in such a dept. and will have hands on experience with these functions. They should include: data abstracting, data processing and entry, medical record assembly and review, use of computerized software systems seen in healthcare settings, coding of medical diagnoses and procedures. Various assignments and projects will be assigned by the instructor to give the student hands on experience with various hospital and healthcare based systems.
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