Danville Community College
Course Syllabus

Course: HIM 130 Health Information Management
Course Description:  Health Information Management plays an important role in the delivery of healthcare through the focus on collections, maintenance and use of quality data to support the information intensive and information reliant healthcare system.
Course Plan:  
Chapter 1 – Introduction to Health Information Management
Chapter 2 The US Healthcare Delivery System
Chapter 3 Informatics in Healthcare
Chapter 4 The Health Information Management Profession
Chapter 5 Data and Information Management
Chapter 6 Information Systems Development
Chapter 7 Healthcare Information Standards
Chapter 8 Paper-based and Hybrid Health Records
Chapter 9 Electronic Health Records
Chapter 10 Legal Issues in Health Information Management
Chapter 11 Ethical Issues in Health Information Management
Chapter 12 Secondary Records and Healthcare Databases
Chapter 13 Clinical Classification and Terminologies
Chapter 14 Reimbursement Methodologies
Chapter 15 Healthcare Statistics
Chapter 16 Research Methods
Chapter 17 Clinical Quality Management
Chapter 18 Biomedical and Research Support
Chapter 19 Expert Systems and Decision Support
Chapter 20 Principles of Management
Chapter 21 Leadership Theory and Change Management
Chapter 22 Work Design and Performance Improvement
Chapter 23 Human Resources Management
Chapter 24 Training and Development
Chapter 25 Financial Management
Chapter 26 Project Management
Chapter 27 Strategic Thinking: Strategic Management and Leading Change

Attendance Policy:  All students are expected to attend all classes.  There will be no make-up assignments except in extenuating circumstances at the instructor’s discretion.  If you miss a test, it will have to be made up the following week before the next class session (on Monday or Wednesday night).  
Grade Formulary:  91-100 A
                                  81-90 B
                                  71-80 C
                                 61-70 D
                                 0-60 F
Grades will consist of tests, quizzes, homework assignments and research projects.