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.
This course applies general theoretical principles of economics to the health care sector. The basic approach is to recognize the importance of scarcity and incentives, allowing for differences peculiar to health. The demand and supply of health and medical care are examined as they involve physicians, nurses and hospitals. The competitiveness of their markets, health insurance and the role of government are explored. Special topics include regulation and planning, benefit-cost analysis, and reform health plans.
This course applies general principles of finance to the financial management of health care institutions. The major financial incentives which dictate how health care is delivered are studied and proposals to change these incentives are explored.
This course is designed to build on the concepts and techniques introduced in the MHA curriculum and integrate them with a decision making focus in a variety of health care problems and settings. Case analysis will be used extensively to develop an opportunity for the student to learn to apply the appropriate skills to an unstructured environment.
An analysis of selected issues with special significance for health administration.
Supervised individual research on a topic related to health administration selected by the student. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Preparatory seminar for the field practicum in health administration. Will cover such topics as self assessment, interviewing skills, forms of organizational behavior, consultation skills, time management, and documentation.
Application of theoretical concepts in practice settings selected by faculty under the supervision of a preceptor and on-campus faculty. Includes in-depth sutdy of an applied problem in health administration. Must be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits. Laboratory, one 40-hour week equals one credit hour.
Review of practicum experiences and an integration of theoretical concepts of health administration with the practice environment.
