HITT 2203 - Management for Health Information Management Professionals

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Use the principles of ergonomics and human factors in work process design.
2. Apply the fundamentals of team leadership.
3. Organize and contribute to work teams and committees.
4. Conduct new staff orientation and training programs.
5. Conduct continuing education programs.
6. Monitor staffing levels and productivity standards for health information functions and provide feedback to management and staff regarding performance.
7. Communicate benchmark staff performance data.
8. Prioritize job functions and activities.
9. Make recommendations for items to include in budgets and contracts.
10. Monitor and order supplies needed for work processes.
11. Recommend cost‐saving and efficient means of achieving work processes and goals.
12. Contribute to work plans, policies, procedures, and resource requisitions in relation to job functions.
13. Conduct privacy and confidentiality training programs.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain management duties.

Objectives:

1. Evaluate, counsel and discipline employees.
2. Describe the appropriate hiring and interview techniques.
3. Communicate effectively with employees and supervisors verbally and in when form.
4. Adhere to policies and procedures of a given organization.
5. Utilize appropriate management tools such as: time management, project management, and organizational charts, etc.

1. Organizational Adaptation & Survival
2. Challenge of Change
3. The Dynamic Environment of Health Care
4. Leadership and Management
5. Planning and Decision Making
6. Organizing and Staffing
7. Improving Performance & Controlling the Critical Cycle
8. Budgeting
9. The Middle Manager
10. Committee & Teams
11. Training & Development
12. Authority, Leadership & Supervision
13. Human Resources
14. Communication
15. Management for the Health Professional