United States court structure, federal and state systems, and legal proceedings are presented. Students study and interpret laboratory values and pharmaceutical information appearing in the medical record. Topics such as utilization review, risk management, and hospital-wide quality improvement as well as privileging and clinical credentialling are covered. Students develop quality improvement studies for Health Information Technology program. I Provides independent practical application of material presented in Health Information Statistics.
Students gain experience in affiliated area hospitals.
During clinical experience, students required to attend an on-campus seminar to discuss their assignments. Registration in this course requires that students purchase liability insurance through the college. Students code utilizing medical and practice exercises. HI20 with C grade or higher. Students are taught CPT-4 coding.