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HEIM 480: Human Resource Management (3)
The course provides students the opportunity to obtain the knowledge of human resources management skills. The course will study the people within various business organizations and their training, development, retention, motivation, and legal rights within the rapidly changing business and health care sectors. Prerequisite: HEIM 380 Principles in Healthcare Management. LEC
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HEIM 485: Independent Study in Health Information Management (1-10)
The content will vary depending on material appropriate to students. May be repeated for additional credit utilizing a variety of projects and special assignments. Prerequisite: Permission of program director. FLD
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HEIM 510: Professional Practice Experience I (1)
Through supervised learning situations, students are given opportunities to visit different types of healthcare facilities in the area. These opportunities vary from year-to-year based upon availability. Opportunities might include (but not limited to) developing competence while practicing a specific HIM task in an actual HIM department, exploring nontraditional HIM career roles, attending guest lectures, or touring ancillary facilities. Prerequisite: HEIM 415 and HEIM 360. LEC
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HEIM 520: Legal Aspects of Health Care (4)
This course is designed to introduce the student to fundamental concepts of the American legal system, to the process of legal change, and to the health care practitioner's potential legal interactions with patients, employees, law enforcement officers, and governmental agencies. Topics include informed consent, malpractice liability, corporate negligence, employment in the hospital, release of information rules and licensure of health professionals. This course will also address the changes in privacy and confidentiality rules and statutes as addressed at the federal level and state level. LEC
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HEIM 525: Database Management for EHR (3)
This course is designed to help students understand databases and database management systems. Students will learn to model and understand database design, in conjunction with learning methods to structure data as records, tables, or objects. Students will also learn how query languages are used for searching, sorting, reporting, and other "decision support" activities to best utilize the available data. Along with acquiring knowledge fundamental to management of the electronic health record (EHR), students will develop general technical knowledge to become capable health information professionals. LEC
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HEIM 560: Coding Systems (3)
Concepts, specifics, and guidelines for coding diseases, operations, and procedures in ICD-9-CM are taught, along with practice and application through the use of coding cases and examples. Emphasis is placed on the importance of utilizing these coding guidelines and conventions with one's newly learned coding skills to achieve accurate and precise coding. The course will reinforce the importance of adequate coding policies and procedures in all healthcare facilities. Prerequisite: HEIM 435 or permission of the instructor. LEC
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HEIM 565: Healthcare Coding Systems I (4)
The introduction and study of classification systems and terminologies used in health care. This course will be taught with an emphasis on classification systems such as ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS and the relationship of these systems to patient care, research, and reimbursement systems. Application of coding guidelines, conventions, and rules of classification systems such as ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. Prerequisite: HEIM 435 or permission of the instructor. LEC
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HEIM 567: Quality and Performance Improvement in Healthcare (3)
A study of the requirement of the JCAHO with a focus on health information standards, quality improvement methodologies, utilization review, and medical staff credentialing and privilege delineation. In addition, Utilization Management is approached from the theoretical and practical application of the SI/IS criteria for the hospital setting. Prerequisite: HEIM 415 and HEIM 460. LEC
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HEIM 575: Applied Statistics, Research Methods and Analysis in Healthcare (3)
Emphasis is on the statistical analysis of health care data. Content includes hospital-based statistics, an introduction to epidemiological concepts, research design and methodology, research ethics and protocol, hypothesis testing, data management, analysis and presentation. Prerequisites: MATH 101 Algebra or 104 Pre-Calculus and MATH 365 Elementary Statistics LEC
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HEIM 580: Reimbursement (3)
This course will examine the complex financial systems within the health care industry. The student will gain a thorough knowledge of the diverse reimbursement methodologies utilized throughout the governmental and private insurance entities with application through: (1) case studies and (2) information systems integrated within the course work. Prerequisite: HEIM 460. LEC
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HEIM 590: Knowledge Management. (3)
This course will look at the study of Knowledge Management as a way for an entity to generate, communicate, and leverage their intellectual assets. Topics will focus not only information technology applications but also the human side of knowledge creation, diffusion of innovation, and the application of knowledge. Classroom discussion will be supplemented with labs that encourage the student to manipulate data sets to derive various perspectives from the same information. Prerequisite: HEIM 340, HEIM 420, HEIM 490 and HEIM 540. LEC
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HEIM 604: Professional Practice Experience II (2)
Provides a laboratory/Professional Practice Experience setting for the application of coding practices learned in HEIM 565 and HEIM 635. This is a two credit hour lab to be taken concurrently with HEIM 665. Prerequisites: HEIM 565, HEIM 567, and concurrently in HEIM 635. FLD
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HEIM 635: Healthcare Coding Systems II (3)
Continued study of classification systems and terminologies used in health care. With an emphasis on CPT?/HCPCS and SNOMED CT? systems and relationship of these systems to patient care, research, and reimbursement systems. Application of CPT?/HCPCS coding guidelines, conventions and rules. This course will be an introduction to the role of mapping between the various classification systems, nomenclatures and clinical terminologies used in health care. Prerequisite: HEIM 565 or permission of the instructor. LEC
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HEIM 640: Health Information Systems. (3)
The focus of this course is to provide a hands-on progression from the theories developed by HEIM 540 Information System Concepts. This course will require the student to apply this knowledge to real world problems with emphasis on Health Information Systems as well as Clinical Information Systems. Prerequisite: HEIM 425 and HEIM 540. LEC
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HEIM 660: Outpatient Coding Systems (3)
Introduction to Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) for outpatient coding of medical and surgical procedures will be emphasized. Guidelines, conventions, and the unique characteristics of CPT will be explained along with extensive student practice and utilization of the CPT manual in coding outpatient services and procedures. Prerequisite: HEIM 430 or permission of the instructor. LEC
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HEIM 661: Management Principles in Health Care (3)
Introduction to basic principles of management and education and their application in the current health care environment. Course content includes: management, quality issues, budgeting, personnel issues, evaluation and application of management concepts; educational methodologies. Cross listed with CLS 661 and RESP 661. Prerequisite: Admission to the Health Information Management Program or consent of instructor. LEC
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HEIM 665: Topics in Health Information Management (2)
The course utilizes case studies and guest lecturers to address the latest developments in the management of healthcare information. Knowledge and skills learned will be applied to real-world problems. Students will research selected topics culminating in written and oral presentations. Prerequisite: HEIM 460 and HEIM 490. LEC
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HEIM 670: Independent Study in Health Information Management (1-10)
The content will vary depending on material appropriate to students. May be repeated for additional credit utilizing a variety of projects and special assignments. Prerequisite: Permission of the program director. LEC
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HEIM 675: Management Seminar. (2)
This course will provide application of the health care and business management skills obtained from previous management courses within the Health Information Management track. Student teams will be introduced to key management issues within the business sector through a series of seminar topics and presentations. The student teams will also participate in field projects within the local business sector. Prerequisite: Senior status and permission of the instructor. LEC
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HEIM 680: Management Internship (3)
A four week internship that provides the student with a management capstone experience in the activities and responsibilities of the health information administrator. Students are responsible for all costs to include: room, board, and transportation. Management sites are selected based on the experience and credentials of the student. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all HIM professional coursework. LEC
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NMED 070: Introduction to Nuclear Medicine and Medical Law and Ethics for the Imaging Professional (3.3)
An introductory overview of the field of nuclear medicine technology with includes medical terminology for clinical nuclear medicine, patient and nursing skills including phlebotomy and vital signs, departmental organization and function, and a basic overview of applied mathematical and statistical analysis used in clinical nuclear medicine. This course will also introduce to the imaging profession the legal aspects to patient care regarding patient rights, ethical theories, risk management, quality patient care. The student will participate in group discussion. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Nuclear Medicine Training Program LEC
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NMED 071: Nuclear Chemistry and Physics (2)
This course is designed to present the theories of nuclear chemistry and physics including theory of Bohr's atom, radiation production, decay, physical half life and interaction with matter, chemical reactions and equations, review of periodic chart of elements and trilinear chart of nuclides. Prerequisite: College Physics and College Chemistry along with acceptance into the Nuclear Medicine Training Program LEC
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NMED 072: Radiopharmacy I (3.4)
This course is designed to present the aspects of radiopharmaceuticals including safety and handling, methods of localization, pharmacology, dose calculation and record keeping, methods of production, and quality control. The course will begin to identify the clinical uses of radiopharmaceuticals as this course will be a prerequisite for Radiopharmacy II. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Nuclear Medicine Training Program LEC
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NMED 073: Clinical Procedures I (2.4)
This course is taught in modules corresponding to organ systems of the body. This course provides instruction in Skeletal, Liver and Spleen, Hepatobiliary and Respiratory systems. Each module includes: review of anatomy and physiology, cross-sectional anatomy, clinical indications for nuclear imaging, nuclear imaging procedures including radiopharmaceuticals for current clinical practices, image interpretation and review. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Nuclear Medicine Training Program. LEC
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NMED 074: Radiation Biology and Protection (1.5)
This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the effects of radiation on the human body at the cellular, organ and whole body levels including late of effects of radiation exposure and the risk to benefits ratio. This course will provide the students with current federal and state regulations in regards to safe handling, disposal, record keeping, and licensing for the clinical use of radiation. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Nuclear Medicine Training Program LEC
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NMED 075: Clinical Internship I (6)
Through supervised learning situations in a clinical nuclear medicine imaging department the student will gain knowledge and be required to demonstrate competence in specific imaging of nuclear medicine procedures, radiopharmaceutical distribution, imaging instrumentation, patient safety, occupational safety, and quality control practices in the clinical setting. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Nuclear Medicine Training Program CLN
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NMED 080: Nuclear Instrumentation, Medical Informatics and Quality Assurance (2.5)
This course is designed to familiarize the students with basic non-imaging and imaging with nuclear medicine equipment in the clinic. This course will include basic principles of operation, system configuration and performance characteristics of Scintillation cameras and PET systems, computers and quality control and assurance as required by manufacturer and regulatory agencies. It will introduce the student to various types of medical information systems and their uses in the medical imaging. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Nuclear Medicine Training Program LEC
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NMED 082: Radiopharmacy II (1)
This course is the advanced course to Radiopharmacy I. The students will have an understanding of the radiopharmaceuticals that are used in the clinical nuclear medicine department. This course will also cover monoclonal, polyclonal, peptides, PET, therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, pharmacology, as well as advancement in research that is current on radiopharmaceuticals to be used in the nuclear clinical setting. Prerequisite: Radiopharmacy I LEC
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NMED 083: Clinical Procedures II (8)
This course is taught in modules corresponding to organ systems of the body. This course provides instruction in Genito-Urinary, Endocrine, EKG, Nuclear Cardiology, Infection/Tumor, Gastro-Intestinal, Neurology, PET, CT, Miscellaneous procedures, and Non-Imaging In-Vivo. Each module includes: review of anatomy and physiology, cross-sectional anatomy, clinical indications for nuclear imaging, nuclear imaging procedures including radiopharmaceuticals for current clinical practices, image interpretation and review. Prerequisite: Clinical Procedures I. LEC
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NMED 084: Clinical Internship II (8)
Through supervised learning situations in a clinical nuclear medicine imaging department the student will gain knowledge and be required to demonstrate competence in specific imaging of nuclear medicine procedures, radiopharmaceutical distribution, imaging instrumentation, patient safety, occupational safety, and quality control practices in the clinical setting. Prerequisite: Clinical Internship I CLN
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Principal Course Distribution Requirement

Principal courses offer introductions to the breadth of disciplines in the College. They acquaint students with the subject matter in an area, with the types of questions that are asked about that subject matter, with the knowledge that has been developed and is now basic to the area, and with the methods and standards by which claims to truth are judged.

Students must complete courses in topical groups in three major divisions (humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, and social sciences). For the B.A., three courses are required from each division, with no more than one course from any topical group. The B.G.S. requires two courses from each division, with no more than one from any topical group. To fulfill the requirement, a course must be designated as a principal course according to the codes listed below.

These are the major divisions, their topical subgroups, and the codes that identify them:

Humanities

  • HT: Historical studies
  • HL: Literature and the arts
  • HR: Philosophy and religion

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  • NB: Biological sciences
  • NE: Earth sciences
  • NM: Mathematical sciences
  • NP: Physical science

Social Sciences

  • SC: Culture and society
  • SI: Individual behavior
  • SF: Public affairs

No course may fulfill both a principal course distribution requirement and a non-Western culture or second-level mathematics course requirement. Laboratory science courses designated as principal courses may fulfill both the laboratory science requirement and one of the distribution requirements. No free-standing laboratory course may by itself fulfill either the laboratory science requirement or a principal course requirement. Students should begin taking principal courses early in their academic careers. An honors equivalent of a principal course may fulfill a principal course requirement.

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Non-Western Culture Requirement

A non-Western culture course acquaints students with the culture, society, and values of a non-Western people, for example, from Asia, the Pacific Islands, the Middle East, or Africa. Students must complete one approved non-Western culture course.

One approved non-Western culture course is required. Occasionally courses with varying topics fulfill the non-Western culture course requirement. See the Schedule of Classes for details. These courses are coded NW.

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Transfer and Earned Credit Course Codes

These codes are used to evaluate transfer credit and to determine which academic requirements a course meets.

  • H: Humanities
  • N: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • S: Social Sciences
  • W: World Civilization and Culture
  • U: Undesignated Elective Credit (course does not satisfy distribution requirement)

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