Health Informatics Courses (2009-2010 Catalog)
ACC 201 Principles of Accounting I
(4-0-4)
Introduction to terminology, content and form of financial statements for sole proprietorships. Recording of data for use in preparing profit-and loss statements and balance sheets. Prerequisite: MATH 100 or equivalent.
BIO 103 General Biology
(4-0-4)
Biology 103 introduces the student to basic anatomy and physiology of humans. Emphasis is placed on organs and organ systems and how they function. Prerequisite: none.
BIO 200 Medical Terminology
(2-0-2)
Basic structure of medical words including prefixes, suffixes, roots and combining forms. Correct spelling, pronunciation, and meaning of terms are stressed. Prerequisite: none.
BUS 316 Total Quality in Health Care
(3-0-3)
The health care quality management process, contemporary issues and trends involved with quality control, organization structures, policies, human factors, and teamwork. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
BUS 317 Health Care Management
(3-0-3)
The health care manager’s role in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Special emphasis on the unique and complex issues involved in health care management. Organizational structures. Strategic and operational planning. Health care finance and budgeting. The future of management. (Cannot be taken for graduation credit by students who have taken BUS 215 or BUS 304.)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or instructor consent.
BUS 328 Health Care Accounting and Finance
(3-0-3)
Overview of economics of health care with an understanding of the general principles of accounting applied in the health care environment. Revenue sources, Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) and Relative Value Unit (RVU) systems are examined. Various private, state, and federal payers are examined. Issues such as cost effectiveness of prevention, management of patients and their diseases, as well as cost of treatment settings are discussed. Third party reimbursement from various sources, ranging from for-profit insurance carriers to charitable donations is reviewed. Prerequisite: Math 111.
BUS 337 Principles of Health Care Marketing
(3-0-3)
Fundamentals of Health Care Marketing covering strategy, planning process, assessment, marketing actions, branding and evaluation.
BUS 356 Business Presentations
(3-3-4)
Design, preparation, and delivery of effective business presentations. Emphasis on integration of skills in speech, written communications, and desktop publishing in the development of executive presentations in the multimedia environment. Prerequisite:
Prerequisites: SPE 111, WRI 227.
BUS 456 Business Research Methods
(3-0-3)
Research design, exploration, and proposals. Hypotheses formulation and testing. Data sources, collection and analysis. Survey design, sampling and census techniques. Library and on-line information retrieval sources. Effective search strategies. Research reporting. Prerequisites: MIS 375, WRI 327.
BUS 478 Cases in Strategy and Policy
(3-0-3)
Comprehensive study and analysis of businesses and/or case studies. Evaluation of strategic and operational decision making. Performance analysis in areas of finance, marketing, and social performance. Prerequisite: BUS 497 or MIS 497
MIS 115 Visual BASIC Programming
(3-3-4)
Computer concepts and problem solving methods in the Windows environment using Visual BASIC. Topics include algorithms, simple data types, condition and iterative structures, functions and procedures, and the program documentation. Prerequisite: MATH 100 or instructor consent.
MIS 215 Business Application Programming
(3-3-4)
Object-oriented and /or procedural languages employed with an emphasis on structured design, user interface design and error processing. Advanced language elements and program structures. Prerequisites: MATH 111 and MIS 115, or one term of programming and instructor consent.
MIS 217 Health Care Systems and Policy
(3-0-3)
This course will explore the U.S. Health System focusing on its historical development, current configuration and possible future direction. Included will be the study of health system development, key influencers, accessibility, financing, changing components and the effects the system has on patients, providers, financers, employers, government and insurers. Particular attention will be paid to the future direction of healthcare and what parts of the system are likely to change. Prerequisite: none.
MIS 255 Health Informatics Concepts and Practices
(3-0-3)
The discipline of health informatics is introduced, including history, basic knowledge of health informatics, data management, vocabularies, standards and tools as applied in support of health care delivery. Pre- or Co-requisite: MIS 217.
MIS 256 Hardware / Software Integration
(3-3-4)
An overview of personal computer technology: comparing components such as display, CPU, memory units and peripherals. Setting standards for selecting, maintaining and supporting automated business information systems. Relationship of systems and applications software to available system software, hardware and selected peripherals. In-depth software comparison, user rating, security and error recovery techniques. Prerequisite: MIS 206 with grade “C” or better; or instructor consent.
MIS 272 Introduction to Networking
(4-3-4)
Network concepts including history, evolution, emerging technologies; standards; the OSI model; protocols; transmission analysis; packet interception and decomposition; network tools and performance evaluation. Prerequisites: MIS 256 with grade "C" or better and a programming language
MIS 275 Introduction to Relational Databases
(2-3-3)
Introduction to relational database systems, the relational model, DBMS functions, administration, design methodology, normalization, QBE and SQL. Hands-on design, development and use of a database system using the Microsoft Access software including queries, updates, reports, forms, macros and application systems. Prerequisite: None
MIS 311 Introduction to Information Systems
(3-0-3)
Introduction to state-of-the-art business information systems. Acquiring, processing and distributing information in a technological environment. The MIS organization: its place in business, key trends and implications. Introduction to computing hardware. Introduction to System Development Life Cycle. Prerequisites: MIS 275.
MIS 312 System Analysis
(4-0-4)
Planning and Analysis phases of Systems Development Life Cycle. Focus on software development life cycles; entity relationships, data flow diagrams, prototyping and other forms of data or system modeling. Designing, selecting and installing new systems for end users. Includes cost/benefit and value added evaluations. Prerequisite: MIS 311 with grade “C” or better.
MIS 322 – Systems Analysis II
(3-3-4)
Design, implementation and maintenance phases of Systems Development Life Cycle. Focus on software development life cycles. Designing, selecting and installing new systems for end users. Includes cost/benefit and value added evaluations. Define and perform data modeling, process modeling, network modeling and their importance. Prerequisite: MIS 312
MIS 341 Relational Database Design I
(4-3-4)
Design and implementation of relational database applications. Hands-on development with interactive database management systems (DBMS). Normalized data structures, data manipulation and query generation. Database integrity and security. Structured query language (SQL). Prerequisite: MIS 312 with grade "C" or better and one programming course; or instructor consent.
MIS 342 Relational Database Design II
(3-3-4)
Construct graphical end-user interfaces for scalable, high-performance Internet applications. Covers building, testing, debugging, and deploying interactive Internet applications that use Oracle database software as a back-end. Uses Oracle Forms, modules, stored procedures, and database triggers to implementing business rules. Prerequisite: MIS 341
MIS 343 Relational Database Design III
(4-3-3)
Install, create, and maintain an Oracle database. Oracle database architecture and component interactions. Implement, configure, and monitor an operational database in an effective manner including performance monitoring, database security, user management, and backup/recovery techniques. Pre-req: MIS 342
MIS 345 Health Care Information Systems Management
(3-0-3)
The management of information systems within healthcare organizations are examined. Business, clinical, and healthcare delivery processes are identified as they relate to data acquisition and information systems. Key issues confronting design, organization and management of healthcare systems are identified, examined, and solutions are explored and developed. Prerequisite: MIS 217.
MIS 351 - Enterprise Network Design I
(3-3-4)
High level design of primary network architectures employed in modern business networks. Design logical and physical models to create the network documentation required for modern information systems. Focus on the management, performance, scalability and reliability of the central data centers. Prerequisites: MIS 272, WRI 227. Pre or corequisite: MIS 312
MIS 357 Information and Communication Systems in Heath Care
(2-3-3)
Addresses the role of computer-based information and communications systems in patient care, including hands-on experience with the acquisition, storage, and use of information in the electronic medical record and systems such as PACS, personal health records (PHR), lab and pharmacy systems and computerized provider order entry (CPOE). Prerequisite: MIS 217
MIS 375 Decision Support Systems
(2-3-3)
Use of personal computer application programs for analysis and reporting, problem solving, and decision assistance. Prerequisite: MIS 206 with grade "C" or better, MATH 361 and MATH 371.
MIS 445 Legal, Ethical and Social Issues in Health Care Technology
(3-0-3)
Legal, ethical, and social issues in health care, especially as they impact systems design, development, use, and management will be examined. Prerequisites: MIS 217 and MIS 345.
MIS 479 Current Topics in Information Technology
(3-0-3)
Advanced topics focusing on special interests and newly developed technology in IT and Informatics. Concentration on a current subject such as standards, terminology, client/server architecture, networking, telecommunications, database technology, programming, the Internet, ethics, security and privacy of information as they relate to the health care enterprise.
Prerequisite: MIS 375 or instructor consent.
MIS 496 Senior Project Proposal and Project Management
(3-3-4)
Focuses on project management. Includes best known industry practices, as well as planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. Produces formal proposal for Senior Project. Prerequisites: At least 1 programming class with grade “C” or better, all Junior-level courses, MIS 312, BUS 356.
MIS 497, MIS 498 Senior Project
(1-6-3)
Senior project students will plan, develop, and carry through to completion a management information systems project for a client they select. Formal proposal, progress reports and project demonstration/ presentation. The instructor serves as the student’s consultant. Prerequisite: MIS 496 with grade “C” or better.
MATH 361 Statistical Methods I
(4-0-4)
Graphical representation of statistical data, measures of central tendency and variability, and elementary probability. Applications of binomial, normal, "t", "F", and chi-square distributions; tests of hypotheses; regression and correlation analysis. Multiple regression, analysis of variance and design and analysis of experiments. Prerequisite: MATH 111 or instructor's consent.
MATH 371 Finite Math and Calculus I
(4-0-4)
Linear functions, matrices, linear programming, mathematics of finance, derivatives and their applications. The integral and its applications, and calculus of several variables. Prerequisite: MATH 111 with a grade "C" or better.
PSY 347 Organizational Behavior
(3-0-3)
Psychology applied to business organization and operations as they affect employees, customers, and the community with particular interest on group processes. Prerequisite: Junior standing or instructor consent
WRI 227 Technical Report Writing
(3-0-3)
Practice in techniques of gathering, organizing, and presenting technical information. Technical reports derived from realistic situations found in the student’s major will be written. Prerequisite: WRI 122. Pre- or corequisite: SPE 111.
WRI 327 Advanced Technical Writing
(3-0-3)
Processes involved in technical writing and methods of preparing technical data; offers a variety of writing problems to provide opportunities for the student to develop precision in statement and in graphic presentation. Prerequisite: WRI 227.