Hospital Professional Practice

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion you will be able to:

  1. Compare the organisational structure and functions of Health Information Services and demonstrate how these affect the role of the health information manager, information systems, policies and procedures, and day-to-day staff and departmental management.
  2. Explain the capture, use, and reporting of clinical information applied to support patient/client care, and associated privacy issues and the operational processes of health records management and patient/client information systems.
  3. Review and practice clinical governance and quality management activities (i.e., auditing) of the Health Information Service.
  4. Demonstrate:  i. disease and procedure classification skills, using patient records; and  ii. a practical understanding of casemix-based systems with particular regard to DRG assignment.
  5. Maintain high professional ethical standards and demonstrate awareness of the social and ethical implications of professional and personal activities, skills in health business communication genre, and ability to work in multidisciplinary team environments, necessary for the management of a Health Information Service.

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• About La Trobe University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• LAT-HIM-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Health Information Management

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

• LTU-HIM1001-Introduction To Health Classification A

• LTU-HIM1003-Management Of Health Information

• LTU-HIM2003-Health Classification B

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Others

Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: HB001O

Additional requirements

• Placement requirements - Hospital on-site placements are a core requirement for all students regardless of the instance (blended or online) in which you are enrolled. To meet professional competency requirements students must pass both the professional placement and academic components of the subject.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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