Healthcare Quality And Patient Safety

Instructor:
Ming-Yuan Chih
361
Credits:
3.0
003
Building:
Charles T Wethington Jr
Room:
Rm.0415
Semester:
Fall 2022
Start Date:
End Date:
Name:
Healthcare Quality And Patient Safety
Requisites:

Prereq: Admission to HHS program or consent of instructor

Class Type:
LEC
11:00 am
11:50 am
Days:
MWF
Note:
"Restricted to HHS majors through priority registration. Opens to health advocacy minor and CHM certificate students after priority registration if space is available and an override request has been submitted at https://www.uky.edu/chs/course-override-request. Questions regarding enrollment should be sent to CHS-Advising@uky.edu."

This course provides students an opportunity to study how healthcare quality and patient safety has changed over the last 10 years, how human error and "high-reliability organizations" (e.g., hospitals) interact, how changes to our healthcare system have affected care, and how quality/safety/improvement theories from other industries are impacting healthcare.

This course provides students an opportunity to study how healthcare quality and patient safety has changed over the last 10 years, how human error and "high-reliability organizations" (e.g., hospitals) interact, how changes to our healthcare system have affected care, and how quality/safety/improvement theories from other industries are impacting healthcare.

HHS