Presentation and discussion of leadership issues in healthcare administration.

Presentation and discussion of leadership issues in healthcare administration.

Presentation and discussion of leadership issues in healthcare administration.

Equip and empower students to better identify and solve problems and serve as change agents by developing a comprehensive set of skills to function as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and knowing how to apply Lean Six Sigma methodology to develop optimal solutions.

Healthcare organizations face marketing challenges more complex than those faced by businesses in other industries. Patients are often physically and emotionally vulnerable, and frequently must make important decisions with incomplete information. Providers’ performance outcomes depend on patient engagement, yet patients often grapple with conflicting goals. Third party pay structures distort pricing. Government is actively involved.

This course will prepare students for selection by a leading healthcare organization for a paid six-seven month internship. Students will be provided guidance to help them successfully apply MBA core concepts in the dynamic healthcare industry environment. Students will also be afforded the opportunity to participate in an American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) competition with other university students and attend the annual ACHE educational conference in Chicago.

Current Issues in Healthcare Administration is designed to expose students to major US healthcare initiatives through a series of seminars led by leading healthcare executives. The Healthcare Administrative Residency will be a focus of discussion with students using site-specific information to evaluate health system strategies.

This course is designed to expose students to major contemporary US healthcare issues, initiatives, and reforms through a series of seminars.

Concepts and processes of social issues most directly applicable to the work of a healthcare executive. Speakers, field experiences, projects, readings and in-class discussions expose students to a variety of social and public health issues including end-of-life care, abuse, chaplaincy, long-term care, and disaster planning.

A study of the legal and regulatory environment related to healthcare law, including an introduction to the legal system, tort law, and liability of healthcare institutions. Covers relevant topics such as fraud, antitrust, consent, federal reimbursement programs, medical records, and confidentiality with an analysis of relevant case law.

This course examines the evolution and past and current roles of technology (IT) in healthcare organizations, current trends in healthcare, and best practices to insure firms' ability to maximize the value achieved from IT investments.

This course provides an overview of the fundamental financial and accounting principles used in healthcare organizations. Topics include understanding financial statements, basic ratio analysis, budgeting, and the time value of money to a healthcare management context. Students will explore how these principles apply to real-world healthcare settings and develop introductory skills in financial decision-making. Emphasis will be placed on building a solid foundation for more advanced study through practical examples, case discussions, and analysis of current financial issues in the healthcare industry.

This course serves as the lab for HPA 5380 Healthcare Finance and offers additional practical application.

This course is a study of the application of healthcare related laws to managerial decisions and the relationship between legal and business strategy. It is designed to provide students with sufficient understanding to identify and manage legal and ethical issues in the healthcare industry.

A survey of medical operations and systems, designed for MBA executive students expanding their career and knowledge of operational management in healthcare organizations. Students will gain a basic understanding of the various healthcare models in the United States and their organizational financing, executive management, corporate oversight, and governance.

Students will examine the health care delivery system and its implications for medical practice, education, research, and policy. Economic perspectives will be applied to public policy in health and medical care.

This course extends financial management principles such as time value analysis, risk & return, debt & equity financing, cost of capital, and capital budgeting to a healthcare context. Healthcare-specific topics will be the central themes of the course. The course will utilize a combination of learning techniques such as lectures and discussions.

The capstone course for the Executive MBA Healthcare Administration Specialization. Its objective is to amalgamate concepts students were taught throughout the program by exposing them to economic concepts as they apply to national healthcare policy issues.

A survey of the United States healthcare system, designed for MBA students pursuing careers in healthcare administration. Students will gain a basic understanding of the various healthcare models in the United States, their organization financing, executive management, and oversight. Students will also be challenged by healthcare executives in a series of leadership seminars -- one or more of which will take place in the context of visits to major health institutions in the United States.

This course is designed to be a survey of the United States healthcare system and industry, intended for graduate students presently working or interested in working in the health profession. Students will gain a basic understanding of the healthcare system in the United States, its organization, financing, executive management, and oversight. Students will also examine the health systems of other developed countries in order to gain understand cross-national comparisons in healthcare delivery and financing.

Healthcare organizations face marketing challenges more complex than those faced by businesses in most other industries. This course explores ways that marketing frameworks can help healthcare leaders improve quality and access to care while reducing costs. Broad introduction to marketing concepts and decision making in the context of healthcare as well as other industries.

This course provides a strategic and innovation-focused examination of how disruptive forces are reshaping the U.S. healthcare industry. The course equips students to understand, evaluate, and apply theories of disruptive innovation, emerging technologies, and new business models across care delivery settings. Students will learn to analyze both the opportunities and constraints that shape innovation in hospitals, physician practices, and chronic disease management.

A study of the legal and regulatory environment related to healthcare law, including an introduction to the legal system, tort law, and liability of healthcare institutions for administrators or executives. Covers additional reimbursement programs, medical records, and confidentiality relevant topics such as fraud, antitrust, consent, federal reimbursement programs, medical records, and confidentiality with an analysis of relevant case law. It will also help students prepare to enter their internship with the ethical and legal knowledge necessary to perform safely in an active healthcare organization.

Healthcare Operations and Management is designed to provide students an overview of operations in a hospital setting. The course will focus on understanding the health care organization as a system, improving processes and productivity, enhancing patient safety and healthcare quality, analyzing and measuring operational performance, using data and systems to guide improvements, and streamlining the healthcare supply chain. The course aims to prepare students to think critically and systematically about hospital operations, equipping them with the tools to lead improvement initiatives, measure success, and respond to the dynamic challenges of the healthcare industry. Through case studies, real-world examples, and evidence-based practices, students will gain the skills necessary to contribute meaningfully to the management and evolution of healthcare organizations.

See ECO 5350 for course information.

This course presents the basic principles of epidemiology with particular emphasis on applications in healthcare management. Topics include specific tools of epidemiology used for purposes of planning, monitoring, and evaluating population health. These include identification and of disease, measures of incidence and prevalence, study designs, confidence intervals, p-values, statistical interaction, causal inference, and survival analysis. Methods for managing the health of populations using an understanding of the factors that influence population health are discussed. Strategies that health care organizations and systems can use to control these factors are also considered.

This course extends financial principles to healthcare markets, including accounting statements for healthcare institutions as sources of information, and analysis of third party payment systems as sources of funds. Decision making tools through spreadsheet analysis is emphasized.

U.S. Healthcare Directions is the capstone course for the MBA Healthcare Administration Specialization. Its focus is to appraise and evaluate concepts students were taught in both the didactic and residency elements of the program and interpret them in support of the great issues of healthcare policy. Special focus is given to explaining, justifying, and summarizing principles of efficient policy intervention and relating them to national healthcare policy.

Students will be afforded the opportunity for selection by a leading United States healthcare organization for a paid six-seven month internship. Under the guidance of a practicing healthcare executive preceptor, students will apply knowledge gained in their MBA core studies and begin work on a major paper which will contribute to the body of knowledge for health systems.