This seminar is the second in a two-course sequence involving students and gerontology program faculty in in-depth exploration of major health and aging-related issues. Course details are the same for GRN 790.

Introduction to administative roles, functions, settings and requirements through interviews with practicing administrators, site visits, discussion, and case studies.

Environment of interacting organizations in the health industry is considered. Attention given to multi-hospital organizations and other forms of interorganizational relationships.

Readings, projects, lecture and/or discussion in seminar format to illuminate current topics of special interest or concern in health administration. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

This course examines the structure and function of the long-term care sector with emphasis on nursing homes and the role of noninstitutional alternatives. Analysis focuses on the impact of changes in reimbursement and regulatory policy, interorganizational relations, newly emerging treatment modalities, and the influence of the external organizational, economic, and political environment.

Directed independent library and/or community health study. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours.

This course is designed to focus on the future needs of the health care organization as contrasted to day-to-day operational management. Strategies for the design and implementation of organizational change including techniques of quality and process improvement will be addressed. The strategic planning components of needs assessment, demands analysis, generation of alternative, priority setting and evaluation form the basis of the course.

The course will familiarize students with the application of law to management issues in health care organizations. Skills including terminology, legal reasoning, the tools of law, and topics specific to the health care setting are addressed.

This course will focus on the life cycle approach to information systems development. Phases of this approach include systems analysis, design, implementation, maintenance and evaluation. This apprach has a technological, financial, and human factors component. The decision making and planning role of administration as well as the need n how to maximize the utilization of current systems is stressed. Topics incude the information needs of the strategic planning process, administrative function and clinical care. The course will involve site visits.