Course

Health Information Analysis and Reporting

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Health Information Management
Course code
HIMP 2240
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
36
Method(s) of instruction
Hybrid
Lecture
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course introduces students to the methodology involved in data retrieval, analysis and presentation in compliance with data governance, ethics, and the health information management lifecycle.
Course content
  • Principles of data governance and data integrity 
  • Attributes and models of quality health data
  • Data collection tools and methodologies
  • Collation of health data  
  • Presentation of health data  
  • Statistical analysis of health data
  • Health data reporting, including health promotion, funding, management, education, and research
  • Morbidity, mortality, quality, risk, and utilization statistics

 

Learning activities

In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as lectures, case study analysis, independent research, exercises, training on data classification technology, participant presentations, classroom discussions, and guest speakers.  

Means of assessment

Assessment will be based on course objectives andwill be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.

This is a Letter graded course. All assignments must be completed to pass the course.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Articulate the importance of data governance and integrity, and the importance of related methodologies;
  • Analyze health data statistics from a variety of sources, primarily the Canadian Institute of Health Information - Discharge Abstract Database;
  • Create reports and presentations of statistical analysis;
  • Evaluate all stages of the health information management lifecycle; and
  • Demonstrate the roles and responsibilities of the health information management professional as they relate to data integrity, analysis and reporting.
Textbook materials

Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students.  A list of required textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester. 

Requisites

Prerequisites

HIMP 2100 and HIMP 2140 and BIOL 2200

Students in the PBD-HIM and BScHIM programs are required to maintain a minimum grade of 65% (C+) in all courses in order to progress in the program.

Corequisites

None

Equivalencies

HIMP 2330

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers to Other Institutions

Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.

Institution Transfer details for HIMP 2240
Northern Lights College (NLC) NLC HSCI 2XX (3)
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) TRU HLTH 2XXX (3)
University of Northern BC (UNBC) UNBC HHSC 2XX (3)
Vancouver Island University (VIU) VIU HSLC 2nd (3)
Western Community College (WCC) WCC HLTH 300 (3)

Course Offerings

There are no course offerings this semester.