Online Courses Handbook 2003

1675 (v.7) Health Record Systems 181

Area:	School of Public Health
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Basic information of the Australian health care systems; roles and relationships of medical and allied professional services, the role of the Health Information Manager, uses and value of health information and health records, Law basic to health care and medical information systems, confidentiality and release of information, patient identification and numbering systems, functions of the health record service. Medical and surgical terminology. Field trips.