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HITE 2610 Professional Practice II (Online Course Only) (0-4-2)
This course is a continuation of HITE 2600, providing additional professional practice
experience as the student applies skills learned throughout the course curriculum.
Students will have the opportunity to experience the workflow of the acute care setting
from beginning to end.
Prerequisite: HITE 2100, HITE 2110, HITE 2137, HITE 2150, HITE 2160, HITE 2170,
HITE 2250.
Corequisites: HITE 2600, HITE 2650.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
HITE 2650 Seminar on Health Information Technology (1-0-1)
(Online Course Only)
Exploration of current issues and trends in the health information profession and industry
with emphasis on review for RHIT exam.
Prerequisites: HITE 2100, HITE 2110, HITE 2137, HITE 2150, HITE 2160, HITE 2170,
HITE 2250, HITE 2400, HITE 2500, HITE 2550, HITE 2600.
Corequisites: HITE 2600, HITE 2160.
Offered: Fall and Spring.
HITE 2717 Registry Organization (Online Course Only) (3-0-3)
An introduction to cancer registries; hospital-based and central registries; legal issues and
confidentiality; focus on management functions of budgeting, annual reports, staffing,
computer hardware and software requiprements.
Prerequisite: Admission into the Cancer Registry Management program.
Corequisites: HITE 2724, HITE 2738, HITE 2752.
Offered: Summer.
HITE 2721 Introduction to ICD for Registry Management (3-0-3)
(Online Course Only)
Introduction to the concepts of applying numeric codes to text information collected from
medical records for the purpose of classifying patient mortality and morbidity. Emphasis
is placed on coding conventions, guidelines and rules related to benign and malignant
neoplasms, identified or uncertain histologies, and primary or secondary sites.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1100K, BIOL 1107K, ALHE 1120.
Corequisites: HITE 2100, HITE 2423.
Offered: On demand.
HITE 2724 Registry Operations (Online Course Only) (3-0-3)
Focus on CoC Standards, cancer committees, cancer conferences and quality
monitoring.
Prerequisites: Admission into the Cancer Registry Management program and completion
or exemption of all learning support requirements.
Corequisite: HITE 2717.
Offered: Summer.
HITE 2731 Patient Follow-up (Online Course Only) (3-0-3)
This course covers cancer patient follow-up methodology, confidentiality and ethical
issues; identification of second primaries, recurrence, spread of disease and survival data.
Physicial, pateint, and other follow-up resources and activities will be introduced.
Prerequisites: Admission into the Cancer Registry Management program.
Corequisite: HITE 2745, HITE 2752.
Offered: On demand.