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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the strategic planning processes used by healthcare organizations. Methods and practices of determining market demands and resource requirements for health services development are explained.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: All other courses. A senior culminating seminar provides a comprehensive "capstone" orintegrative study for students concluding the HCA curriculum. It is intended to draw upon all dimensions of course work to review and apply the learning derived from previous studies towards solutions and reforms in contemporary health issues, policy questions, professional practices and administrative challenges. Case and literature studies, guest seminar leaders, internship reports and experiences, and individual student problem-solving applications provide the focus of weekly topics investigated.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an exploration of the legal issues and professional management ethics related to providers and consumers of health services. Emphasis is placed on application of legal doctrines in the healthcare settings and the administrative implications of health related legislation and programs. Study topics include negligence, liability, medical malpractice, labor law, informed consent, and related patient care protective rights.
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3.00 Credits
This is a professional development course designed to socialize and familiarize the student with the historical background and trends in the field of healthcare administration. The social, political, economic, and technological factors influencing the development and growth of the healthcare administration profession will be explored. Additionally, students will be introduced to the job search process and the process of applying for admission to professional schools. Students will learn how to: (a) write a cover letter and resume, (b) write a job search plan, ( c) apply interviewing techniques, (d) dress professionally, and (e) develop networking skills.
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3.00 Credits
The analysis, design and installation of management of information systems in healthcare organizations are studied, including their application to data processing, inventory control, resource allocations, space utilization, work flow and job design and analysis, quality improvement, reengineering, and change management.
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3.00 Credits
This course teaches students the fundamental concepts and principles of financial medical services in health businesses. Topics include financial management systems, breakeven analysis, cost-benefit ratios, rate-setting, working capital, cash flow, and asset-budget planning for financial control.
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3.00 Credits
This is an introductory examination of the theories, methods and approaches in research and evaluation of healthcare problems. Students are taught how to design scientific investigations of problems affecting personal health status and the organizations providing health services. The classroom learning concludes with student applications of research designs and proposals to formulate selected health problems.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: All other courses. Students conclude their curricular studies by independently designed and implementing either research or administrative projects that address positive advances for health service problems through scientific management solutions. The research option uses small-scale studies of specific organizational or personal health problems. The management project similarly expects students to design and complete an operational problem or change in some healthcare setting by applying administrative practices. Each project option requires a proposal and final report approved by the faculty advisors that students select for supervision.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers students a descriptive survey and assessment of the trends, concepts, policies and practices in the managed care industry (MCO). Emphasis is on how administrative personnel fulfill the MCO mission and dynamic development. Students review the different models of these networks and organizations together with the impact of regulation, subscriber rights, risk management, physician relationships, and other challenges to manager care. National healthcare reform via private markets and MCO's versus public system interventions is also considered within the vexing dilemma of benchmark social change in American health policy.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to teach the participants ways to abstract research journals on issues prevalent to the course. It focuses on areas of Healthcare Agencies that contribute to the Academic growth of the students. A variety of readings are required and oral presentation given to improve their communication skills. Visitations to these agencies are highly recommended.
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