Course

Health Information Management III

Important Notice

This course is not active. Please contact Department Chair for more information.

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Health Information Management
Course Code
HIMP 2320
Credits
3.00
Semester Length
15
Max Class Size
30
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Hybrid
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
The course focuses on preparing health information management professionals for their role in providing health information services in a changing health care system. This course explores contemporary, ethical, legal, and financial health issues and trends. Students will examine the current and evolving roles for health information management professionals from the traditional acute care hospital health record department to a variety of other employment contexts. The course concludes with an assessment of the impact of technology with emphasis on the electronic health record on health information management today and in the future.
Course Content
  1. Health Care Delivery System
    • health care funding
      • overview of federal and provincial funding processes
      • funding mechanisms
      • influences on expenditures
    • health care system
      • health status indicators and measures of health
      • health of vulnerable groups
      • role of  the health information management professional and health information services
  2. Ethical Issues
    • ethical principles
    • ethical decision making process
    • ethical issues faced by health information management professionals
    • ethical responsibilities of the health information management professional
  3. Health Information Management along the Continuum of Care
    • health care continuum :  long term care, ambulatory care, mental health, rehabilitation, Community home health, hospice, public health, registries, other
      • structural framework; information/record  linkage
      • regulatory mechanisms (legislation, accreditation…)
      • data requirements and issues
      • minimum data set
      • management of health information
  4. Implications of Technology on Managing Health Information
    • relevant technologies (clinical and information)
    • electronic health record (EHR)
      • key definitions
      • benefits of EHR
      • issues and concerns
      • legal implications
        • admissibility in court
        • need for standards
        • impact on the role of information management
        • security (access; administrative, technical, and physical safeguards)
    • project management
      • plan, select, evaluate current and new technologies
      • building a business case and RFP process
      • vendor contracts
  5. Roles for Health Information Management Professionals
    • current and evolving roles
    • knowledge and skills self-assessment
    • citizenship
    • marketing
Learning Activities

1.             Lecture/Discussion
2.             Group discussion
3.             Application exercises/case studies
4.             Field trips and demonstrations
5.             Guest lecturers
6.             Independent study of courseware and specified topics

Means of Assessment

Typical evaluations would include:

  •       Final Exam
  •       Midterm Exam
  •       Issue Term Paper
  •       Learning Activities
  •       Group Projects

 

Course evaluation is based on course objectives and is consistent with Douglas College Curriculum Development and Approval policy.

 

A detailed evaluation schedule is presented to the students at the beginning of the course. 

 

Outline of evaluation may be subject to change.

This is a graded course.

Learning Outcomes

In this course participants will have the opportunity to:

  • discuss some of the major trends and issues facing health care today and describe the potential impact on health information management and on the role of the health information management professional
    • describe a variety of health care funding mechanisms
    • develop an awareness of the types of ethical situations that health information management professionals may face and the ethical principles associated with the situation and application of the ethical decisio making process
  • analyze  the information requirements and data collection issues for select health service settings along the continuum of care including registries.
  • discuss specific clinical and information technological developments with emphasis on the electronic health record and their application in supporting health care delivery and the management of health information.
  • apply the legal considerations for data security and confidentiality in electronic information systems.
  • identify current and future  roles for the health information management professional across the continuum of health care.
Textbook Materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:

A list of mandatory and optional textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each course.

Requisites

Prerequisites

HIMP 1220 or meeting direct entry requirements

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer Details for HIMP 2320
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025