HI 225 — C Information Technology 3 Units
Term hours: 36 lecture and 54 laboratory. This course explores information and communication technologies used to deliver and document health care that facilitate interoperable health information exchange between and among health care providers. Emphasis is on the implementation of certified electronic health records by hospitals and physicians and how organizations meet the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services meaningful use criteria. Discussions focus on personal health records, patient portals, telemedicine, e-prescribing, clinical decision support systems and networking technologies that store, protect, retrieve, and transfer clinical, administrative, and financial information within health care settings. Lab activities center on using electronic health records software; creating and analyzing data in Excel spreadsheets; creating and querying Microsoft Access databases; using Visio and Microsoft Project scheduling tools and evaluating personal health record applications. (CSU)