HIT 290 Prof Practice Exp
provides students with hands-on experience in applying their knowledge to a variety of health information technology procedures. Students will gain valuable insight into the role of the health information professional. The professional practice experience will include admission and discharge procedures, collection of health and vital statistics, coding and abstracting, following up on incomplete records, tumor registry, release of information and utilization review. This experience may be located in one or more diverse settings such as long-term care, hospital, correctional facility, ambulatory care, psychiatric and/or drug rehabilitation. The students will also take a mock Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT) exam, which will constitute part of the course grade. This course is a 120-hour professional practice internship and lecture. This course is applicable toward all certificates, AAS, ALS (credit hours 3.0, lecture hours 1.0, lab hours 10.0).
Prerequisite
sophomore standing and a minimum completion of 45 credit hours toward the Health Information Technology degree or approval of instructor