Course Offerings

Technology:
Application of existing and emerging technologies for the collection of clinical data, the transformation of clinical data to useful health information, and the communication and protection of information.

Management Development:
Application of organizational management theory and practices as well as human resource management techniques, to improve departmental adaptability ,innovation, service quality, an operational efficiency.

Clinical Data Management:
Application of data analysis techniques to clinical databases in order to evaluate practice patterns, assess clinical outcomes and assure costeffectiveness of healthcare services.

Performance Improvement:
Study of fundamental organizational changes and how they are functionally organized or how they deliver patient care, with special focus on the requisite changes made in health information systems and services.

External Forces:
Knowledge of strategies that organizations and health information management professionals have employed to effectively address emerging legislative, regulatory, or other external party actions that potentially impact the collection and use of health data.

Clinical Foundations:
Understanding of human anatomy and physiology, the nature of disease processes in humans, and the current methods of diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic medical conditions and diseases.

Privacy and Security:
Understanding and application of current healthcare regulations which promote protection of medical information and the electronic transmission of health information; to act as the patient's advocate for their understanding of their rights in regard to protected health information.