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• Certificate Program Courses
• Course Plans

Interested in taking a single class? Some courses (designated by a below) may be open on a space-available basis to professionals who are not seeking the certificate. See Single-Course Enrollment for details.

Certificate Program Courses

Classes meet afternoons or evenings, four days per week on the UW campus.

Summer Courses

Disease Concepts for Managers (HIHIM 409,
4 credits)

Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:00-8:20 p.m., June 24-Aug. 21, 2008; $1,116

• Disease mechanisms and pathophysiology with an emphasis on clinical information management
• Methodology for understanding and communicating dimensions of disease states
• Focus on disease from a health information system perspective

Prerequisites: Human Anatomy.

How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course

Autumn Courses

Introduction to Health Care Systems and Health Data Systems (HIHIM 410, 6 credits)

Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:00-6:50 p.m., Sept. 24-Dec. 3, 2008; $1,788

• Current issues in health care
• Relationship of the health care system to health data systems, Health care and patient data
• Application of professional standards to health records and record management systems
• Health record analysis, facility statistics and data linkage
• Storage, retrieval, tracking and retention systems

Prerequisites: Statistics, Human Anatomy.

How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course

Healthcare Coding, Vocabulary, and Revenue Cycle Management
(HIHIM 412, 5 credits)

Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00-6:50 p.m., Sept. 25-Dec. 4, 2008 (no class Nov. 11 and Nov. 27); $1,490

• ICD9-CM and CPT 4 code systems used to code diagnosis and procedures for research, decision support and billing purposes
• Overview of special vocabularies: SNOMED, LOINC, Nursing vocabularies for medical concepts
• Revenue cycle management concepts and practice

Prerequisites: HIHIM 409.

Organizational Theory in Health Facilities (HIHIM 450, 3 credits)

Schedule: Thursdays, 7:00-9:50 p.m., Sept. 25-Dec. 4, 2008 (no class Nov. 11); $894

• Emphasis on the U.S. health care delivery system
• Organizational structure, functions and financing of the health care system
• Exploration of health care policies and their impact on the industry
• Introduction to medical ethics

Legal Concepts for Health Fields (HIHIM 470, 3 credits)

Schedule: Tuesdays, 7:00-9:50 p.m., Sept. 30-Dec. 2, 2008; $894

• Principles of law as applied to the health field
• Laws, regulations and standards applicable to health information management

How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course

Winter Courses

Health Care Computer Systems and Electronic Health Records (HIHIM 420, 5 credits)

Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:00-6:20 p.m., Jan. 5-March 11, 2009 (no class Jan. 19 and Feb. 16); $1,490

• Health informatics and current computer applications in health care
• Technology infrastructure and health informatics standards
• Electronic health records, functions, planning, implementation, issues and barriers
• Custom designed systems in hospitals, ambulatory care, home health and long term care

Prerequisites: HIHIM 410 and HIHIM 450.

How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course

Finance Concepts for Health Care Managers (HIHIM 454, 4 credits)

Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00-7:50 p.m., Jan. 6-March 10, 2009; $1,192

• Finance concepts applied to today's health care environment
• Payment systems
• Regulatory impact on health care revenue cycle
• Budgeting

How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course

Management Project I (HIHIM 460, 3 credits)

Schedule: Scheduled on individual basis, $894

• Development of management skills and competencies in a seminar
• Site experience in health care facilities with campus and clinical faculty

Prerequisites: HIHIM 410 and HIHIM 450.

Problem Solving and Decision Making in Health Information Management (HIHIM 480, 4 credits)

Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00-5:50 p.m., Jan. 6-March 12, 2009; $1,192

• Management theory and application in health information management
• Applied tools and experiences in problem-solving and behavioral management
• Decision-making for health information managers
• Skill development and application through individual and team projects

Prerequisites: HIHIM 410 and HIHIM 450.

Spring Courses

Health Information Systems Analysis (HIHIM 421, 5 credits)

Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:00-6:20 p.m., March 30-June 3, 2009 (no class May 25); $1,490

• Systems analysis of health information systems
• Life cycle systems development process and tools
• Project management and team coordination
• User requirements definition

Prerequisite: HIHIM 420.

Professionalism and Leadership (HIHIM 455, 5 credits)

Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30-8:50 p.m., March 30-June 3, 2009 (no class May 25); $1,490

• Professional development including a mentorship program
• Leadership skills assessment
• Interpersonal communication skills development
• Human resource management concepts

Quality Assurance and Research in Health Care (HIHIM 456, 5 credits)

Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00-6:20 p.m., March 31-June 4, 2009; $1,490

• Quality improvement, risk management and utilization management in health care
• Design and analysis of quality improvement systems, including use of data systems in quality assurance and research
• Health data retrieval, analysis and presentation
• Review of relevant healthcare informatics research

Prerequisites: Statistics; Medical Terminology.

How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course

Management Project II - Capstone (HIHIM 462, 3 credits)

Schedule: Arranged; $894

• An applied management course in which students work with clinical and HIHIM program faculty to complete a formal project in health information administration
• Unique projects in health care settings provide field experience in management problem-solving, systems analysis, health information systems implementation, change management and regulatory compliance

Prerequisites: HIHIM 410, 412, 450, 470, 460, 454, 420, 480

* Fees for graduate and GNM students are higher. Fees and tuition are subject to change.

Course Plans (Credits in parentheses)