Spring Semester 2024 Catalog

HIMT 1151 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN HEALTHCARE

Credits

4

Designed to provide students with computer and software skills used in medical offices. Topics include hardware and software components of computers for medical record applications; database software and information management; specialized information management systems in healthcare; methods of controlling confidentiality and patient rights; accuracy and security of health information data in computer systems as well as future directions of information technology in healthcare.

Lecture Hours

15

Lab Hours

90

Prerequisite

ENGL 1101, MATH 1111 OR 1101 OR 1103, ALHS 1090, AREA II SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, BIOL 2113, BIOL 2113L, BIOL 2114, BIOL 2114L, HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS AREA IV, Guided Elective- Choose (1): ECON 1101, ECON 2105, ECON 2106, ENGL 1102, MATH 1127, SOCI 11O1, OR SPCH 1101.