Mar 06, 2026  
2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HIM 321 - Foundations of Health Information Management


3 Credit Hour(s) 3 Lecture Hour(s) 0 Lab Hour(s)

The health information management profession, professional ethics, health information management organizations, data governance, registries, components of a complete health record, statistical analysis, preservation and retention of records, the master patient index, role of the Joint Commission and other accrediting agencies and the medical staff.

Prereq: HIM 361 , LCHI 207 , and LCHI 303  with a “C” or better.
Coreq: IPHE 310 , HIM 323 , HIM 431 , HIM 460 , and LCHI 466  OR HIM 323 , HIM 461 , and LCHI 473  
Rstr: HIM majors only. Completion of all courses in the Freshman and Sophomore curriculum with a minimum grade of “C” in each course and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5.



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