HIMT 490: Capstone

Students are required to find an internship site that is related to healthcare and set up a semester-long project to gain hands-on experience in their concentration.

This course is designed to help each student prepare for the capstone course and complete all required paperwork for submission in a timely manner.

This course will be an introduction to healthcare information technology standards, including standards and regulations for documentation.

This course assimilates and integrates concepts and applications of management and leadership in healthcare.

This course introduces the necessary group/team processes that are at the root of building, developing, and maintaining medical/healthcare work teams.

This course provides fundamentals of data communications and networking techniques, and examines the linkage of IT strategies and technological solutions.

This course examines the quality assessment and quality improvement cycle (plan, do, check, act) and the role of the HIT/HIM professional in the process.

This course addresses the phenomenal impact information system (IS) projects have had on healthcare delivery.

This course examines the role of the HIM professional in managing human resources to facilitate staff recruitment, retention, and supervision.

This course covers the back-end stages of healthcare systems development life cycle through the procurement route.