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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
GENERAL EDUCATION
ENG101:
College Composition I (3)
This course is designed to help students
develop skills in expository writing. Emphasis is placed on the writing
process, organization, methods of development, and diction. A research
essay using the MLA documentation format is required.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENG075 or assessment
ENG102:
College Composition II (3)
This composition course is based on
reading, analyzing and discussing literature. Emphasis will be on reading
skills, the expression of insights in writing and the pleasure of the literacy
experience.
Prerequisite: ENG101
PSY101:
General Psychology I (3)
This course is designed to provide a
general understanding and application of the basic principles of
psychology. Topics will include history of psychology, scientific methods
as employed by psychology, physiological basis of behavior, maturation,
development, principles of learning, thinking and communication, perception,
memory and creativity.
Prerequisite: none
PSY102:
General Psychology II (3)
This course is offered to the student who
anticipates majoring in liberal arts, education, or social sciences at a
four-year institution. It concentrates on helping the student achieve
insight into human behavior using both personal and group studies. Topics
will include: motivation, human sexuality, emotion and cognitive control,
personality theory and assessment, abnormal behavior, psychotherapy, and social
psychology.
Prerequisite: PSY101 or permission
MTH107:
Introduction to Statistics (3)
This is a first course in basic
statistical concepts. Topics include frequency distributions of empirical data,
calculations of descriptive statistics, probability distributions, confidence
intervals, hypothesis testing, chi square, regression and correlation.
Students may receive credit for either MTH107 or MTH143, but not credit for
both courses.
Prerequisite: MTH075 or equivalent skills
BIO110:
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology (lecture) (3)
This course includes discussion of the
skeletal system, muscular system, integument system, nervous system, and cell
physiology studies.
Prerequisite: High School science recommended
BIO111:
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology (lab) (1)
This laboratory course provides
laboratory experiences that apply to the topics and concepts covered in the
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology I lecture. All dissections are
performed via computer animation.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO110
CIS118:
Introduction to PC's with Windows (3)
The components and features of microcomputers
are examined in this introductory course. Students learn the concepts and
applications of popular microcomputer software running under the graphical user
interface Microsoft Windows including word processing, electronic spreadsheets,
and data management.
Prerequisite: CIS101
PROGRAM COURSES
BIO114:
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology II (lecture) (3)
This course is a continuation of BIO110
and includes the circulatory system, respiratory system, urinary system,
digestive system and reproductive system.
Prerequisite: BIO110
BIO115:
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology II (lab) (1)
This laboratory course provides
laboratory experiences that apply to the topics and concepts covered in the Fundamentals
of Anatomy and Physiology II lecture. All dissections are performed via
computer animation.
Prerequisite or corequisite: BIO114
CIS132: MS
Access Techniques and Programming (3)
This course is for students with some
prior knowledge of Windows and data base management programs such as MS Access.
Topics covered include: a review of basic Access operations,
relational data base concepts and operations, complex query design, custom form
and report design, macros and modules, integrating Access with other Windows
applications and introduction to Visual Basic. This course will cover
specific techniques as well as concepts in data base design, data base
programming and typical data base applications.
Prerequisite: CIS118
HIT101:
Introduction to Health Information (4)
This course provides an overview of the
organization of health care in the United States. It addresses the structure of
health care organizations; accrediting and governmental bodies that provide
standards for the provision of health care to include the current flow of the
acute care medical record. HIT-101 includes an introduction to the allied
health professions and the organizational structure of the medical staff and
its composite members. Students will be provided an overview of payer
organizations including, but not limited to, managed care and capitation.
Finally, the health information management profession, the historical
development, current structure and career applications, as well as the
projected future roles will be explored. Students will be introduced to the
library and to the development of research skills.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the HIT program.
HIT103:
Legal Aspects of Health Information (3)
This course introduces the legal aspects
of the health record, health information and the health information
department. Implications of legal aspects for the health information
practitioner are discussed. It provides an in-depth study of the
confidentiality of health information as well as standards, regulations and
laws that govern release of information. Students receive instruction
regarding monitoring and implementing legislative changes. Liability
issues are addressed. The risk management function is covered in this
course.
Corequisite: HIT101
HIT105:
Medical Terminology (2)
This course is the study of medical
terminology, the language of medicine, focusing on prefixes, suffixes, word
roots and their combining forms by review of each body system and specialty
area. Also included is word construction, spelling, usage, comprehension
and pronunciation. In addition to the terminology, students are provided
with information regarding anatomy and physiology,
symptomatology, pathology, diagnostic/surgical procedures and
pharmacology. Medical abbreviations are included.
Prerequisite: None
HIT107:
Health Information in Nonacute Care (3)
This course will include thorough
discussion of the different types of nonacute care facilities. National
and state accrediting, licensing and certifying standards regarding
documentation and management of health information in the nonacute patient
medical record will be discussed. Course content will include
development, content and management of health information in the nonacute
setting. Students will be developing policy and procedures and performing
qualitative/quantitative analysis on medical records. Release of
information, record management, storage & retention, indexes and registers
and other basic functions of the Information management Technologist in the nonacute
care facility will be included. Term paper completion will be facilitated
by an off site visit of a nonacute care facility.
Prerequisite: HIT103
This course provides supervised
professional practice experience in the acute care setting. Emphasis is placed
on practical application of theory and concepts learned in HIT 101 and
103. Students are responsible for completing clinical objectives specific
to the health information management department, the medical staff and to other
departments within the facility that work closely with the health information
management department.
Prerequisite: HIT101; HIT103
This course introduces students to the
mechanisms of disease and disease's effect on the human body. The disease
process, basic concepts and terminology are presented. This course also
includes an examination of the most common diseases of each body system, with
normal anatomy and physiology compared to pathologic anatomy and physiologic malfunctioning
due to the disease process. Diagnostic methods, management, treatment
modalities and prognosis are discussed.
Prerequisite: HIT105
Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO114 & BIO115
HIT116:
Pharmacology in Allied Health (2)
This course provides the learner with a
framework of thinking for healthcare professionals, laying a foundation of
knowledge about drug treatment. A general understanding of the actions
and reasons for use of various groups of pharmacologic agents is introduced.
Medications are discussed according to major drug classifications and
body systems. Critical thinking is developed through the use of relevant
case studies and actual chart analysis.
Prerequisite: HIT115; BIO 110/111, BIO114/115, HIT105
This course is an introduction to
nomenclatures and classification used in healthcare today. DRG’s and the
prospective payment system for reimbursement will be discussed. Coding
principles, conventions, clinical and technical guidelines, maintenance and referencing
resources will be presented. Students will apply knowledge of clinical
pharmacology to coding cases. The primary focus will be the International
Classification of Diseases 9th Edition, Clinical Modification. The course
will address the review of medical records to identify diagnoses treated,
procedures performed and correct sequencing for optimal reimbursement.
Computerized grouping system (Encoder) will be used.
Prerequisite: HIT115, CIS118
HIT201: Healthcare
Statistics and Quality Improvement
Sources and uses of health data are
discussed including health data collection through manual and automated
systems, data retrieval, analysis and display. Students will become
familiar with and able to define and compute healthcare statistics. Vital
statistics and reportable diseases and conditions are included. Quality
assessment and improvement (QA&I) standards and requirements of
accrediting, licensing, fiscal and other regulatory agencies will be presented.
This course will include a detailed review of healthcare reimbursement issues
such as prospective payment methodologies, healthcare insurers and contracts,
case-mix, and patient billing. The use of coding & classifications
systems in the study of healthcare quality and finance will be explored.
Prerequisite: MTH107, HIT101
HIT204:
Management and Personnel (3)
This course present the HIT student with
information regarding management and personnel skills necessary for entry level
employment at the supervisory level. Basic management functions of
planning, organizing, directing and controlling are presented, using examples
and situations specific to health information technology, personnel skills such
as communication, motivation, and responsibilities such as job analysis,
recruitment, discipline and federal/state laws regarding personnel management
are discussed.
Prerequisite: HIT107
Prerequisite or Corequisite: HIT110
Classification and nomenclature systems
not addressed in HIT 200 are presented; CPT-4, DSM-IV, ICD-O. Students
are introduced to Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition
with emphasis on evaluation and management, modifiers, and surgical procedure
coding guidelines. Students are presented with referencing resources
specific to current conventional and federally administered CPT-4 coding
guidelines. Tumor and trauma registries are discussed. Computerized
classification system will be used and evaluated.
Prerequisite: HIT200
HIT208: Reimbursement Methodologies
The course is designed to give students
exposure to Third Party Payer and Compliance issues Correct Coding Policy,
RBRVS, and APC systems for reimbursement and other topics related to healthcare
billing. Students will learn how to conduct a review of billing practices
for accuracy and compliance to established guidelines.
Prerequisite: HIT201, HIT206, HIT207
This course provides supervised
professional practice experience in acute and non-acute settings. Course
objectives in the acute care setting are at the advanced level. Practice
objectives are designed to focus the student on management oriented activities,
fostering development of observational skills, independent function, problem
analysis and solution, as well as integration of a range of technical knowledge
and skills previously acquired in didactic course. In addition, students
will have clinical practice in the non-acute (direct and non-direct care)
settings as well. This experience will provide the student with an
opportunity to compare and contrast fundamental information management
practices of alternative sites.
Prerequisite: HIT110, HIT200, HIT204
HIT214:
MIS Applications in HIT (2)
This course is an intensive study of
medical information systems. Students acquire an understanding of health
information systems and the application of those systems in the health care
environment. The final goal of a computer-based patient record will be
targeted as the students investigate options via the internet. Students
will perform a needs assessment and propose selection of a system to meet those
needs. A plan to implement the selected system will be developed and
managed as a component of a group project. Security and confidentiality of
information stored in the computer-based patient record will be addressed, as
well as the logistics of monitoring and utilizing the information.
Prerequisites: CIS111, CIS118, HIT204
HIT216:
Cancer Registry Principle & Practice (3)
An introduction to the field of cancer
registries, their organization and management. Including legal and
ethical aspects of cancer data, regulation organization and agencies
requirements, case ascertainment, standards for data collection and management,
coding of neoplasms, staging, treatment, abstracting, follow-up, quality
control, statistics and epidemiology, reporting and utilization of data.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into program & successful
completion of HIT115, 201, and HIT204.
HIT217:
Cancer Registry Coding and Staging I (3)
The principles of cancer registry case
finding and abstracting are reviewed. Cancer staging and coding will be
reviewed in detail. Students will learn on a site-by- site basis the
coding, abstracting, and staging of neoplasms using the ICD-0-3 manual, AJCC
Staging Manual, SEER Summary Staging Manual, and Collaborative Stage Manual.
Students will be given scenarios to learn the general principles of coding and
staging. This course is the first part of a two-part course.
Prerequisites: HIT216, HIT215
HIT222:
Cancer Registry Coding and Staging II (3)
Continuation of HIT217 Coding and Staging
I. It is designed to expand student competencies in cancer abstracting,
coding and staging with emphasis on the practical applications of each.
Students will apply what they learned in HIT 217 and learn to abstract from
actual charts. Physician guest speakers on the current standards of care
for treatment of breast, prostate, lung, colorectal, lymphoma, and central
nervous system cancers. Students will also receive an in depth look at
the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Standards for approval
and the New Jersey State Cancer Registry requirements. Students will also
learn how to generate sample reports that may be requested in the registry.
Prerequisite: HIT217
Corequisite: HIT223
HIT223:
Cancer Registry Clinical Practice (3)
This course will provide supervised
clinical learning experiences in local health care facilities. Emphasis
will be placed on practical application of theory and concepts learned in
HIT216 and HIT217. Students will be responsible for completing clinical
objectives specific to Cancer Registry organization and operation under
supervision of a Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR).
Prerequisite: HIT217
Corequisite: HIT222
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