Courses
Healthcare Management
Master's Level
Note: Some Healthcare Management courses are located in the department of Risk Management and Insurance
5101. Health Systems
Organization and Development (3 s.h.)
This course describes and analyzes the "physiology and fluid
mechanics" of national, regional and local delivery systems,
exposing students to the flow of funds and the resulting patterns
of use, expenditure and health outcomes in these systems. Basic
epidemiological concepts and their application to population-based
health management are introduced. Current regional data, live
case presentations and guest lecturers will be used where appropriate
to translate abstract concepts into vivid concrete realities.
5102. Management of Healthcare
Organizations (3 s.h.)
This course covers organizational and management theory, and
the application of these principles to health services organizations.
Emphasis is placed on current trends in health care organizational
structure that will affect performance, quality and inter-organizational
relations in the future, and the values and principles of health
management as a profession. Responsibility of health systems
for the health of populations as well as the provision of high
quality clinical services is emphasized. The course utilizes
(1) information from the textbook and current management publications,
(2) guest lecturers (3) case analyses (published and live),
which provide important insight into the workings of health
services organizations, and (4) personal experiences of the
instructors and class participants
5103. Financial Management
of Health Care Organizations (3
s.h.)
Current practices in financial management of health care operations,
including the development of operational and capital budgets,
business plans, and methods for measuring financial performance,
and assessing the impact of alternative contractual arrangements
with third party payers. The live cases studies will deal with
the issues related to practice acquisition, and the financial
insolvency of health plans and delivery systems.
5104. Healthcare Law
and Information Technology (3 s.h.)
This course will deal with a shifting agenda of issues faced
by health care managers such as those related to acquisition
of capital, assuring regulatory compliance, emerging health
markets (e.g. assisted living, focused factories, etc) and
health related information technology and e-commerce. The course
will include live case studies and group projects related to
these topics.
5182. Independent Study (1-6
s.h.)
Prerequisite: approval of the department.
Directed study of health services management projects under
supervision of an appropriate graduate faculty member.
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Updated 5.18.07