HITC 2030♦ - Quality Improvement and Assessment in Healthcare

3 credit(s)

This course will focus on quality improvement and assessment in a variety of healthcare settings. Emphasis will be placed on implementation of quality tools and techniques as they relate to health information department activities of acute care hospitals, hospital outpatient and emergency departments, ambulatory care settings, and other healthcare facilities. Quality improvement and assessment techniques as they relate to the medical staff will also be addressed. Prerequisite(s): HITC 2020/2021, HITC 2040, HITC 2170, MDCD 1010, MDCD 1020 Corequisite(s): HITC 2031 S
2 hours lecture / 2 hours laboratory / week