HITT 1255 - Health Care Statistics

2 Credits (1 hr. lec., 2 hrs. lab.) Principles of health care statistics with emphasis in hospital statistics. Skill development in computation and calculation of health data. Prerequisite: HITT 1301; MATH 0308; College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing
Course Outcomes
1 - Prepare statistical reports to support healthcare information and department operations and services.
2 - Formulate statistics that meet medical and administrative reporting needs and requirements of government regulatory and voluntary agencies.
3 - Analyze health care statistics, vital statistics, descriptive statistics, data validity, and reliability.
4 - Assess methods of collecting healthcare data; and utilize appropriate methods of data display.