BOTK 2750 - Records Management Systems

Credits: 3
The purpose of this course is to provide you with a basic knowledge of the principles of records management systems. Emphasis will be placed on the cycle within which information functions are developed in the office. The ethical principles by which intellectual property, privacy, and storage of electronic records, will be explored. The rules of storage and retrieval methods along with the equipment and materials necessary to maintain these systems will be covered in detail. The manual records systems will be emphasized so that conversions to automated systems will be simplified once the basic rules have been implanted into a system. Billing and coding for the medical office records will also be explored.