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3.00 Credits
How is health care delivery like any other business? How is it unique? In this course, the student will examine various systems (planning, finance, human resources, legal, marketing, medical/other education, material management, technology and clinical patient access, laboratory, pharmacy, imaging, etc.) that comprise the business of health care. This course moves from the macro perspective of the Health Systems Overview course to the micro view by considering the major elements within health care facilities.
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3.00 Credits
Health care is a competitive, heavily regulated, under-funded industry, driven by technology and consumerism. To survive, providers must compete by marketing effectively. Students will learn the basics of marketing in the context of how to develop and evaluate a successful marketing strategy for health care facilities or services. Projects will focus on marketing plan development for providers and services in the community.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the financial structure, market forces, controls and techniques used in the health care financial management and the perspectives of the various interest groups involved (providers, insurers, policy makers, patients, and the general public). It will also provide students with a foundation in the use of financial tools and methodologies that will enable them to better understand the health care financial literature and perform effective analysis within the health care system on an as needed basis. This course will provide students with both a macro overview of the principal financial mechanisms in place across the U. S. health care industry and specific insights into the critical issues the industry currently faces. Additionally, the course will emphasize the development of practical financial analysis skills that will provide students with a foundation for immediate application within the health care industry and a better understanding of course materials as presented. Training in use of these tools will include use of several of the most important financial tools and methodologies employed across the health care industry such as benefit/cost and cost effectiveness analysis, ratio analysis, and others.
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3.00 Credits
The student will consider the role of government and the private sector in health care delivery; evaluate the value of economics in understanding matters of life, death, disability, and suffering; and examine health policy and its economic implications.
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3.00 Credits
Informatics-the intersection of technology, information, and health care-impacts health on national and local levels. Health care personnel are developing ehrs (electronic health records), electronic billing systems, patient and practitioner portals, and other manifestations of the information age universally-yet few systems communicate with one another. As informatics continues its consumption of resources both human and monetary, all in the field of health care need to understand what it is, how it affects their services, and how to direct its efforts to improvement of health care delivery.
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4.00 Credits
This is the first of the three directed study courses on the senior project. Students develop a plan of action with timeline for completing their senior project, select a topic, and defend it. Extensive reading on the topic is required in this course. The paper must include a description of the senior project, scope, purpose, and a review of the literature. Students may concurrently enroll in 49700 and 49800 in one semester. If concurrently enrolled, the student must complete work required in 49700 before beginning work on 49800. Prerequisites: LL 20100, IS 24200, and IS 44500.
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4.00 Credits
This is the second directed study course on the senior project. Students must complete 49700 or, if concurrently enrolled in 49700, must complete 49700 before working on 49800. Revise action plan developed in 49700 if necessary, and carry out the project. The written paper must detail method of data collection and analysis. If applicable the proposal must be approved by the Institutional Review Board before data collection. If concurrently enrolled in 49800 and 49900, students must complete work required in 49800 before beginning work on 49900. Prerequisites: LL 20100, IS 24200, IS 44500, and AC/BAM/HS/HSA 49700 or concurrent enrollment.
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4.00 Credits
Third and final directed study course on the senior project requires completing the written paper and making an oral presentation to the Senior Project Committee. If concurrently enrolled in 49800 and 49900, students must complete work required in 49800 before beginning work on 49900. Prerequisites: LL 20100, IS 24200, IS 44500, and AC/BAM/ HS/HSA 49800 or concurrent enrollment.
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4.00 Credits
Examines notable examples in the development of one of the arts. Basic structural elements of the art and a study of factors, cultural and historical, which have influenced the development of the form. Satisfies the Humanities GUR. (Topic course number range from HU 10001 to HU 10099 in schedule) Selected Topics: Art History Community-Based Arts History of Drama Introduction to Philosophy Music Appreciation Music Theory for Non-Majors Opera As Convergence World Music World History Through Literature
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4.00 Credits
Advanced or specialized studies in one or more of the following areas: Philosophy; Theatre; Music; Art; Cultural History; Literature in combination with one or more areas; Religion in combination with one or more areas. Satisfies the Humanities GUR. (Topic course number range from HU 30001 to HU 30099 in schedule) Selected Topics: German Romantics History of Jazz Music History of Rhythm & Blues Intro to Alaska Native Dance Native Elders: Ways of Knowing Religion and Nature
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