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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE • MINIMUM 120 CREDITS • HLTH INFO BS
The Davenport University Health Information Management Bachelor of Science program prepares individuals to assume an emerging key role in supporting the electronic and technological infrastructure for health services delivery. Students in the program utilize an electronic health record system which provides students with a learning experience that uses state-of-the-art technology and software. Health information managers are experts in managing patient health information and medical records, administering computer information systems, collecting and analyzing patient data, and using classification systems and medical terminologies. These professionals work in a broad range of settings throughout the healthcare industry. These include the continuum of care delivery organizations, including hospitals, multispecialty clinics and physician practices, long-term care, mental health, and other ambulatory care settings. The profession has seen significant expansion in non-patient care settings, with careers in managed care and insurance companies, software vendors, consulting services, government agencies, education, and pharmaceutical companies.
Students successfully completing this CAHIIM accredited program are eligible to take the Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) exam offered by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
To be prepared for success on the national certification exam and entry into the HIM workforce, it is strongly recommended that students in the HIM BS program meet the most current catalog year requirements.
Which class should I take? When should I take it?
2019-2020 Recommended Program Sequence for Health Information Management, BS and printable pdf download
| Foundations of Excellence | 38 cr. | |
|---|---|---|
| ACES100 | Achieving Career and Education Success | 3 cr. |
| BIOL115 | Anatomy and Physiology with Human Disease I | 4 cr. |
| BIOL116 | Anatomy and Physiology with Human Disease II | 4 cr. |
| BIOL131 | Introduction To Human Disease | 3 cr. |
| COMM120 | Presentation Techniques | 3 cr. |
| ENGL109 | Composition | 3 cr. |
| ENGL110 | Advanced Composition | 3 cr. |
| ENGL311 | Professional Writing | 3 cr. |
| MATH125 | Intermediate Algebra | 3 cr. |
| PSYC101 | Introductory Psychology | 3 cr. |
| SOSC201 | Diversity in Society | 3 cr. |
| STAT219 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 3 cr. |
| Foundations of Health Professions | 15-16 cr. | |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT200 or ACCT201 | Accounting Basics for Managers (recommended) or Accounting Foundations I | 3-4 cr. |
| CISP111 | Requirements Planning and Development | 3 cr. |
| HLTH101M | Introduction to Health Careers | (0) cr. |
| HLTH110 | Medical Terminology | 3 cr. |
| HLTH211 | Health Care Management | 3 cr. |
| HLTH230 | Health Care Law and Ethics | 3 cr. |
| Major | 66-67 cr. | |
|---|---|---|
| BITS212 or CISP247 | Microcomputer Applications: Database or Database Design | 2 cr. |
| FINC403 | Health Care Finance | 3 cr. |
| GPMT287 | Principles of Project Management | 3 cr. |
| HINT110 | Introduction to HIM | 3 cr. |
| HINT201 | Health Information Technology | 3 cr. |
| HINT209 | Quality and Performance Improvement in Health Care | 3 cr. |
| HINT215 | Applied Statistics for Health Information Management | 1 cr. |
| HINT221 | ICD Coding | 4 cr. |
| HINT222 | Procedural CPT/HCPCS Coding | 3 cr. |
| HINT297 | HIT Professional Practice Experience (Lecture) | 2 cr. |
| HINT297C | HIT Professional Practice Experience (Clinical) | 2 cr. |
| HINT335 | Coding and Revenue Cycle Management | 2 cr. |
| HINT340 | Privacy, Security, and Training in Health Info Mgmt | 3 cr. |
| HINT350 | Clinical Information Systems | 3 cr. |
| HINT400 | Management Information Systems | 3 cr. |
| HINT420 | Data Analysis and Research in Health Information Management | 3 cr. |
| HINT485 | Information Governance | 3 cr. |
| HINT496 | Health Information Management Capstone | 4 cr. |
| HLTH250 | Health Care Reimbursement Management | 3 cr. |
| HRMG213 | Human Resource Management | 3 cr. |
| IAAS221 | Security Foundations | 3 cr. |
| MGMT375 | Leadership Discovery | 3 cr. |
| Choose a minimum of 3 - 4 credits from the following courses or any HINT, HSAD, HRMG, IAAS, MGMT or foreign language courses not already listed in degree requirements: | (3-4) cr. | |
|---|---|---|
| HINT294 | Coding Professional Practice Experience (Lecture) | 2 cr. |
| HINT294L | Coding Professional Practice Experience (Lab) | 2 cr. |
| HINT490 | Health Information Management Internship | 3 cr. |
| HSAD302 | Regulatory Health Care | 3 cr. |
| HSAD402 | Health Care Risk Management | 3 cr. |
| IAAS245 | Disaster Recovery | 3 cr. |
| MGMT316 | Innovation and Managing Change | 3 cr. |
| SABR381 | Study Abroad Experience | 3 cr. |