January 2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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January 2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HI 296 - Professional Practice Internship


This course provides a 90-hour supervised professional practice internship in the field of health information management, focusing on technical and operational activities. The student will gain practical work experience in the field of health information management. Students will be supervised by someone with the credentials of registered health information administrator (RHIA), registered health information technician (RHIT), or other qualified personnel to whom they are assigned. Students will also receive university faculty consultation and are expected to complete other course requirements such as completing all assignments and participating in discussion threads. Semester Credit Hours: 2.00 Contact Hours: 0/0/90/90 Prerequisites: HI 225 Foundations of Classification, Compliance, and Reimbursement Methodologies in Health Information Management , and HI 230 Foundations of Healthcare Quality, Statistics, and Performance Improvement . Corequisite: HI 230 Foundations of Healthcare Quality, Statistics, and Performance Improvement