MRT202 Healthcare Data Collection and Analysis

Study of basic principles of compiling statistics for hospitals and other medical facilities. Topics include the daily census; analysis of hospital & ambulatory services; monthly, annual and special reports; methods of recording vital statistics; definitions and formulas, data abstracting systems, data entry and retrieval. Topics covered also include record systems in alternative health care settings (e.g., doctor’s office, long term care, psychiatric, rehabilitation, HMO, ambulatory care and home health agencies). This is a (3) credit, (1) semester course. Prerequisite: MRT 100 Introduction to Health Information Practice and Procedure.