Health CareLeadership of Healthcare Organizations
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the 2006-2007 General Catalog,
please contact the department for more information.
curriculum
LHCO 201A-B. Topics in Healthcare Management and Innovation
(2 each)
Weekly discussions with healthcare entrepeneurs and managers will expose
students to real-life experiences. How are solutions to healthcare
delivery identified and impemented? How are solutions brought to
the marketplace?
LHCO 202. Organizational Dynamics and Change Management (4) This
course examines principles and applications of management and organization
theory as applied to healthcare organizations. It covers methods for
assessing key features of organizational environments and internal
structures
and identifying, developing, and implementing strategies for improved
performance.
LHCO 203. Using and Managing Information and Information Technologies
(4) Designed to familiarize health administrators
and professionals with the principles of information systems design
and management for health care. Provides an understanding of current
trends in information technologies for health care and management issues
unique to it. Includes hands-on computer lab.
LHCO 204. Managing People and Teams (2) This
course studies key management concepts and roles of management and
how
they apply in successful, dynamic organizations. It also examines
competencies of effective managers in developing customer focus, planning,
selecting
and developing individuals and teams, communicating, managing resources,
using technology and being adaptable.
LHCO 205. Modern Health Care Organizations (4) Describes
and analyzes the dynamics responsible for the change in health care
delivery and effects on development of modern health care organizations.
Describes actions taken by employers, insurers, consumers, and government,
analyzing the effects on physicians and provider organizations. Note:
It is recommended that students take this course in their first winter
quarter in the program.
LHCO 206. Topics in Financial Management and Decision Making (2)
This course presents real-life applications
in health care provider organizations of financial management and decision-making.
Topics include budgeting, uses of financial reports, development of
long-range financial forecasts, benchmarking, business plan development,
and actuarial analysis in projecting health care delivery costs.
LHCO 207. Health Law and Medical Liability (4) This
course provides an introduction to the relationship of law to health
care, including liability, government regulation, financial and ethical
issues, contracting and negotiation and dispute resolution.
LHCO 208. Financial Management and Decision
Making (4) This
course analyzes the impact of time and risk on investment decisions.
Financial accounting will be reviewed to understand financial information
within an organization including uses and limitation of such information
for management purposes. Discussion of procedural aspects of accounting
to explicate basic concepts.
LHCO 209. Patient Outcomes and Quality of Care (4) This
course provides a critical overview of the tools used to measure outcomes
and quality of care, development and use of practical guidelines, advantages
and disadvantages of various methods, and the use of such analysis in
administrative decision-making.
LHCO 210. Assessment of Medical Technology (2) This
course covers assessment methodologies, balancing concerns for economics
and impact on care, investment strategy, and relationships with developers,
vendors, and suppliers.
LHCO 211. Healthcare Leadership and Political Advocacy (2) Within
the context of healthcare advocacy, the course examines the organizational
and individual issues that impact success in promoting
and advocating for a healthcare agenda. The course aims to provide
clarity to that process and assist students with understanding how
to navigate the political landscape. Students learn about the legislative
process, lobbying, the impact of political campaigns, the involvement
of the media, and how healthcare economics impact politics.
LHCO 296. Independent StudyProject
(4) The Indpendent Study Project (ISP) is
the cornerstone of the MAS Program. Students will be involved in a high-level
applied
research project that integrates what they have learned in their formal
course work. The ISP will be an independent and creative scholarly activity
in an area related to one or more of the topics covered in the formal
curriculum. Students’ work will be evaluated by a committee consisting
of faculty and, when appropriate, industry advisers.
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