BSTT 666* HEALTH DATA MANAGEMENT
Credits:
2
This course prepares students to create and manage health data elements and data sets. It introduces health data components and systems, data structure, health data management life cycle, processing of health information, storage, and retrieval and archiving processes. It presents the process of transforming data into information and builds capacity in health data representation and coding. There will be discussions on the WHO family of International Classifications. There will be discussions on compliance with health care information laws and regulations