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Changes in the environment of health care delivery have renewed the importance of operational aspects of management in health care organizations This course focuses on the practical and analytical tools required to deal with operational issues in healthcare organizations. (3 hours)
This course provides a foundation of the quality improvement issues, including the history and drivers of quality, facing individuals in the healthcare setting. (3 hours)
This course focuses on the implementation of quality initiatives in healthcare organizations based on organizational structure, new and existing processes, and desired outcomes. (3 hours)
This course introduces students to relevant theory and practice in the area of patient safety, including the role of management, physicians, nurses, clinicians, and support staff in patient safety initiatives. (3 hours)
This course focuses on the implementation of patient safety initiatives through leadership, developing a culture of safety, and the legal and ethical concerns in the context of patient safety. (3 hours)
An introduction to information technology as it is applied to health care and health related organizations. An examination of how information is captured, converted and stored in machine readable form and used in the various facets of the health care system; the impact of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and mobile computing on the healthcare system. (3 hours)
A study of the design of databases used in healthcare. Types of database architectures, normalization techniques, file and access techniques, query, and update languages, data integrity, use of health record systems, and applications of databases to support the healthcare system. (3 hours)
An introduction to comparative health systems, impact on strategy and quality. (3 hours)
This course is an introduction to health care budgeting and reimbursement and the impact of resource allocation on health care delivery. (3 hours)
Introduction to strategic marketing in health care. Concepts and tactics marketers use to develop cutting-edge value propositions for key target audiences in a range of health care settings. (3 hours)
This course provides an introduction to research and program evaluation in a healthcare setting. (3 hours)
Designed to understand the process by which healthcare leaders respond to healthcare problems. Integrates research skills and professional healthcare practices and provides an opportunity to apply current research to a healthcare problem. (3 hours)
A supervised field experience in a healthcare related setting involving at least 150 supervised contact hours. (Credit/no credit, 3 credit hours)
A case-based capstone course in healthcare policy, including impact on health issues and analysis. (3 hours)
A study of an approved specific problemin healthcare management, preferably one growing out of previous course work or from practical experience. (1-3 credit hours - repeatable)
Explores challenges in managing organizations and leading employees in a dynamic environment. Covers concepts of applied organizational behavior and usage of leading human resource practices in multiple contexts. (3 hours)
Use of information systems technologies to support decision making. Topics include management information systems, decision support systems, and system development. (3 hours)
Study of applied human resource management in the field of equal employment law, diversity, recruitment process, training and development, performance appraisals, and employee rights (3 hours)
The major focus is business alignment with technology as pertaining to strategic frameworks for IT deployment in an organization. The course is of applied nature, with discussions on industry practices in managing IT. (3 hours)
This course analyzes the markets for health care and health insurance from the perspective of an economist. Health economics is an area of study within the field of applied microeconomics and places emphasis on the importance of individual choice among buyers and sellers, the role of prices as a rationing mechanism, the structure of market competition, and the possible inefficiencies associated with market and government failures. (3 hours)
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