HIM 2413 - Management in HIM

Description
Principles and practices essential to the efficient use of human, financial, and physical resources within health information systems. Focus on roles and responsibilities applicable to practice as a health information team performing planning, organizing, directing, and controlling functions.

Pre-Requisite
Acceptance into the Health Information Management program of study.

3 Credit Hour(s)

Contact Hours
45 lecture hours

3 Faculty Load Hour(s)

Semesters Offered
Fall

ACTS Equivalent
N/A

Grade Mode
A-F

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Apply the fundamentals of teams and committees.
Evaluate staffing levels and productivity standards for healthcare organization and provide feedback to management and staff regarding performance.
Communicate benchmark staff performance data
Prioritize job functions and activities
Make recommendations for items to include in budgets and contracts
Monitor and order supplies needed for work processes
Recommend cost-saving and efficient means of achieving work processes and goals.
Contribute to work plans, policies, procedures, and resource requisitions in relation to job functions.

General Education Outcomes Supported

Students develop higher order thinking skills.
Students can write clear, coherent, well-organized documents, substantially free of errors.
Students can use computers proficiently.
Students demonstrate information literacy.

Standard Practices
N/A