7 courses with the subject HLTMS, 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.
HLTMS 453/553 Managed Care and
ving, hiring, training, and to the separation Integrated Delivery Networks 3 crs se Ancillary topics such as compensation and This course examines the structures of managed care efits, unions, negotiations, and conflict will also entities, the various perspectives (physicians, in- overed The course will provide the student with surers, and consumers), and managed care opera- ght on his or her own career planning This tions (capitation, information technology, legalities, anuc course will involve class exercises, case and marketing) Students will investigate the effect ties, examinations, and discussions of managed care on local organizations and as a rMS 340W/54OW Health Policy 3 crs. class, build a managed care network This dynamic, he healthcare industry continues to evolve, one interactive class requires library and World Wide ,t understand how policies are made and various Web research Prerequisite HLTMS 320/520 cy issues This course covers the four steps of HI.TMS 455/4561501 Health Management policy process — analysis, formulation, imple- Systems Project 3-6 cis itation, and evaluation In addition, issues such ledicare, Medicaid, Certificate of Need, vulner- This is the capstone experience of the program Students are able to obtain real world experience ^ population groups, and access to care will be in a clinical and technical setting It is intended that nined This writing intensive course requires an this experience be suitable for inclusion in the stu- [y examination, case studies, a policy position dent's resume or portfolio Requirements will be dis- er, a group project to write a policy reform cussed on an individual basis )onse to Government officials, and use of the
'Id Wide Web Prerequisite HLTMS 320/520 Analysis & Design 3 crs I MS 360/560 Elements of Health The traditional systems development life cycle irmation Science 3 crs (SDLC) and the object oriented approach to the Dduction to event-driven object-oriented com- analysis and design of healthcare information ,r application creation using a visual develop- systems are compared Cost/benefit studies, inter- it environment in the context of trends in the viewing, data collection, data analysis, process and Ithcare information systems industry All pro- data flow models, report, screen, and database ; and tests are computer-based Topics include designs are covered Whenever possible, students i types, control structures, objects, properties, apply their knowledge through implementation Les, and program debugging Students will using graphical development Prerequisite HLTMS )are a scrapbook of material relevant to computer 361/561 lications development and the healthcare HI.TMS 4711571 Networking for Health Professionals 3 crs 3611561 Health Information Client/Server, Internet access, distributed com- 3 crs puting, and multimedia delivery services are chang- )n to the creation of interactive healthcare ing the way healthcare is provided Telemedicine, is on the World Wide Web Topics include distributed clinical databases, and local area network markup language, scripting languages, access are commonplace in today's ever more )gles for converting paper forms to elec- sophisticated healthcare systems This course shows
This course focuses on the laws and regulations of the healthcare industry and the impact of these on healthcare planning Topics include confidentiality, anti-trust issues, rights, fraud, and abuse This course requires in-depth reading
This course focuses on the financing and reimburse- ment of healthcare and how they affect the avail- ability and utilization of services Various payment methods, budgets, and the insurance industry will also be examined Students will be required to com- plete financial analyses based on case studies and in-depth reading
Processes 3 crs. The health information processes provides an intro- duction to eight major processes that occur within the healthcare delivery system These processes are registration, billing, medical records, laboratory, surgery, pharmacy, radiology, and cardiology These processes shall be examined from a data flow per- spective as well as an examination of current trends and issues within these processes
Medical Informatics examines a variety of topics related to computers in the delivery of healthcare Included are artificial intelligence, hand-held com- puters, the electronic medical record, and robotics This course demands that the students tie a theory to practice based on their past or present employment
Systems Management 3 crs The healthcare continuum of care utilizes a variety of hardware, software, and computer systems to deliver and manage quality and cost-effective care This course will take the student through this con- tmuum looking at computers in hospitals, physician practice, managed care organizations, insurers, long term care facilities, and others Real world vendors and users will participate in the course delivery
