Health Information Management
Introduction
Health Information Management is a program taught at Sinclair Community College, USA. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.
Health Information Management focuses on how health information is processed, coded, managed, and protected. You study medical terminology and foundations of health information management, including classification systems, clinical vocabularies, and data quality, access, and retention. You also cover ICD-10-CM and CPT coding for inpatient and outpatient encounters, along with drug classification for coding, and medicolegal and ethics topics for healthcare records.
Learning includes classroom and lab hours for multiple courses, plus additional out-of-class assignments in coding courses. You complete practical application through Professional Practice Experience, with ten directed-practice hours per week at an approved off-site location, and you finish with a Capstone featuring specially designed projects, student oral presentations, case studies, simulations, interviewing, resumes, and two mock accreditation exams.
Modules
- HIM 1101 Medical Terminology
- HIM 1110 Health Information Processing
- HIM 1160 Medical Office Coding Concepts
- HIM 1165 Drug Classification for Coding
- HIM 1201 Introductory Medical Office Coding
- HIM 1204 Medicolegal & Ethics in Healthcare Records
- HIM 1217 Alternative Health Records & Registries
- HIM 2110 Ambulatory Coding
- HIM 2144 Quality Improvement, Statistics & Research
- HIM 2145 Health Information Resource Management
- HIM 2165 Healthcare Data in Reimbursement
- HIM 2252 Professional Practice Experience
Admission Requirements
The minimum requirements for admission in Health Information Management at Sinclair Community College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:
- program specific academic requirment set by Sinclair Community College.
- English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Sinclair Community College as pre-requiste for admission in Health Information Management.
Note: Please check the university website in the link below.
Courses Units
Please check detail of study units at http://www.sinclair.edu/course/params/subject/HIM
Scholarships
80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.