17 courses with the subject AH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
AH 101Introduction to the Health Care Professions3
This course introduces students to various aspects of the health care field. Students will explore a variety of health-related disciplines, create an academic and career plan for their chosen profession, and develop a health care e-portfolio. Students will study health implications for several cultural groups, including belief systems, communication styles and the role of the family. Professional behavior and essential qualities for health care professionals will also be addressed. Course Offered Online:
The course introduces students to the language of medicine according to body systems. Students define, build and analyze terms as well as develop a vocabulary of combining forms, prefixes and suffixes. They develop the ability to pronounce and spell terms correctly and to use them in an appropriate context. Students learn medical terms (and their abbreviations where appropriate) for organs, diseases, symptoms, and for diagnostic, treatment and surgical procedures. Course Offered Online:
This course introduces students to the front office administrative skills performed in a health care facility. Students will use critical thinking skills to apply their knowledge in the performance of records management, telephone techniques, appointment scheduling, written communication and financial administration. In addition, students will establish a patient database and perform financial transactions both manually and electronically. Confidentiality, security and compliance requirements rega Course Offered Online:
This course introduces students to the theory, practice and techniques basic to the clinical aspects of working in a medical office. Students use critical thinking skills to incorporate cognitive knowledge in the performance of psychomotor and affective learning domains during the practice of: infection control, medical and surgical asepsis, obtaining vitals, patient histories, medical records documentation, patient preparation, and assisting the physician in general and specialty examinations. Additional Course Fees: $105
This course is designed to introduce students to advanced clinical assisting skills. Clinical topics addressed include; pharmacology; drug administration; dosage calculations; electrocardiography; spirometry; and performing diagnostic eye and ear procedures. Laboratory topics include lab safety, quality control, collecting and processing specimens, performing selective tests, and screening test results. Additional Course Fees: $135
This course introduces students to communication theories and includes verbal and non-verbal techniques, active listening and conflict resolution as related to empathetic communication skills in areas of substance abuse, death and dying, lifespan dilemmas and culture. Students will apply their interpersonal communication skills and demonstrate professionalism in the use of case studies, role playing, and oral presentation. Course Offered Online:
This course consists of professional skills development sessions that focus on preparation for a credentialing examination and career planning through various classroom activities. Students prepare for entry-level employment in a health care facility with resume writing and interviewing skills activities. In addition, they complete certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider CPR and First Aid certification.
This course addresses health care plans and providers and how they impact financial management, decision making and the information requirements of the health care system. Reimbursement methodologies for both inpatient and ambulatory care delivery systems will be covered.
This course requires a supervised directed clinical practice in a physician's office or other approved ambulatory care facility. The practicum allows the student to demonstrate critical thinking skills by incorporating cognitive knowledge in the performance of psychomotor and affective domain skills in the administrative, clinical and laboratory areas of a health care facility. Prerequisites: AH 113, AH 115 and AH 118, all with a grade of C or better. Additional Course Fees: $85
This course serves as an introduction to informatics concepts for healthcare. Course content includes an overview of computer basics, informatics terminology, data integrity and management, informatics theory, system life cycle, and clinical applications. The purpose of this course is to provide a basic understanding of healthcare informatics, as well as health data acquisition and processing. The course will also provide an opportunity to apply knowledge through analyzing case studies pertaining
This course offers an introduction to electronic health records, health information systems, health record content, primary and secondary health data, information standards, privacy and security of electronic information. Through theoretical and application assessments, students will be provided with opportunities for learning basic concepts pertaining to electronic health records, standards, and regulations. The course also requires that students engage in research, critical thinking, articulatio
This course addresses disease processes and the general classification of the causes of disease, as well as the common signs and symptoms of diseases, the body systems affected by disease, the diagnostic measures and the types of treatments available.
Students will be introduced to and learn to utilize not only the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding system used for reimbursement, but the detailed, comprehensive diagnostic coding system, International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding. Students will engage in hands-on practice.
Legal theories and responsibilities related to confidentiality, negligence and fraud affecting health care practitioners will be addressed. Ethical issues will be explored within the context of current laws and cases which structure medical practice for both the inpatient and outpatient environments.
AH 220Information Management Systems in Health Care3
In this course, students learn to use current software to input patient data and to bill patients, file insurance claims, record data, print reports and schedule appointments. They apply their knowledge by performing a series of tasks using sample source documents. Students are given a ten-day medical office simulation requiring them to use critical thinking and problem solving skills to complete billing and accounting assignments that are reflective of the types of activities encountered in a med
This course explores significant trends in health care and the major political, social and economic problems affecting the United States' health care system and its stakeholders. Topics such as access to health care, health disparities and health-related social injustices will be studied in depth. Issues of quality, coordination, and cost of health care will also be analyzed.
This course introduces students to the roles and responsibilities of a medical office manager. Students learn about organizational structures within health care facilities and management responsibilities including recruiting, training, decision-making, evaluating and planning. Leadership, employee morale and the dynamics of change are also addressed.
