MRT100 Introduction to Health Information Practice & Procedure

The students will become familiar with the theory and principles of Health Information Technology. Subjects covered will provide orientation to medical record, admitting areas, medical record forms and content, medical record formats (e.g., problem-oriented medical record), management of EHR software applications and equipment, record retention procedures, storage and retrieval systems, medical staff organization and by-laws. This is a (3) credit, (1) semester course.

Credit Hours

3

Lecture Hours

3

Prerequisite

CIS110 Computer Applications or CIS112 Integrated Computer Applications or CIS113 Data Management and HES115 Medical Terminology

Attributes

• Free Elective

• Public Presentation Intensive

Program Major Restrictions

Medical Office Assistant Cert