HIM 1800L - HIM Fundamental Application Professional Practicum

8 hours Lecture, 2 credits
Lower-Division College Credit
Prerequisites: HIM 1400C and HIM 1012
AA Elective: No
This practicum provides students with a supervised experience in an assigned healthcare facility’s Health Information Management (HIM) department. This entry-level practicum provides students with a strong foundation in the technical aspects of HIM. This practicum emphasizes the quantitative and qualitative aspects of assembly/analysis of inpatient/outpatient records, filing and retrieval of healthcare records/documents, and medical-legal procedures/processes. Manual and automated systems for performing the above functions are practiced. The student spends a minimum of 80-contact hours at the assigned facility and should prepare to work one day a week at the assigned facility.

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