Topics in Healthcare Info Tech

Program Description:

River Valley Community College, in association with Program Development in Cybersecurity with Focus on Business and Healthcare Concepts, has developed a 4-semester program to prepare students to working the Information Assurance (IA) field with a focus on Cybersecurity and Healthcare IT. Courses are intended to prepare students for assuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of IT systems and networks in healthcare settings, where scheduling, storage of images, filling prescriptions, billing and more are handled and stored using information technology.

Course Description:

This Course from River Valley Community College center focuses on topics in healthcare information technology, and asks students to consider the unique Information Technology requirements that command uniquely qualified IT professional to ensure the security of the Healthcare IT systems. In completing the course, students will be able to: 1) Understand and explain the behavior of a Healthcare organization, 2) Understand, explain and apply the regulatory requirements of a Healthcare organization, 3) Understand, explain and evaluate the normal operations of the “Healthcare Business,” 4) Evaluate the Healthcare IT system for security, privacy and confidentiality, 5) Apply security, privacy and confidentiality concepts to the Healthcare IT system, and 6) Understand and evaluate the normal operations of a Healthcare IT system.

Resources available as part of this course include a course outline and a syllabus from the Fall 2015 iteration of the course.

For orientation purposes, viewers should begin with CYBS 110R Topics in Healthcare Information Technology.pdf, which offers a description of the course as well as an overview of topics covered through a course outline.

Course Contents:

The 2-page Course Outline document includes a course description, course competencies, course topics outline, learning and instructional methods for the course, and performance evaluation information.

The 12-page syllabus document includes course objectives, information on required materials, overview of course structure and policies, course topics and a course schedule, and information on assessment and grading of the course.

Below is a list of the files attached. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

 Topics in Healthcare Information Technology (2 files)

• Topics in Healthcare Information Technology Course Outline (CYBS 110R Topics in Healthcare Information Technology.pdf 187KB)
• Topics in Healthcare Information Technology Syllabus (Syllabus_Fall2015_CRN_15178_CYBS110R_Section_ZZ_Topics_in_Healthcare_Info_Tech(1).pdf 652KB)