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HCM505 - Principles of Population Health
Course Description
Students will analyze the skills needed to assess and enhance the health of a community. Students will focus on health behaviors, environmental influences, health policy, and economic and healthcare system issues in health promotion and disease prevention.
Credit Hours: 3
HCM532 - Healthcare Change Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Course Description
In this course students focus on the unique skills related to leading change management, innovation, and entrepreneurship processes in healthcare. Students will evaluate change management and innovation skills and attributes necessary to guide organizations and people through the process of innovation in a way that ensures successful innovation outcomes. Also, students will examine fundamental organizational, personal, cultural, and competitive issues and challenges related to organizational change in the twenty-first century healthcare environment. Various models of organizational change will be identified and critically evaluated for use in this setting.
Credit Hours: 3
HCM555 - Health Informatics & Population Health Analytics
Course Description
Students will explore strategies for gathering population information from primary and secondary data sources, using analytics to assess the health needs of the populations under study. Students will examine the value proposition for "clinical intelligence" and the role of analytics in supporting a data-driven, evidence-based practice in population health management. Students will evaluate the use of health information in the context of population health informatics. Students will comprehend the data gathering processes, leading to an exchange of data, while supporting population health surveillance through statistical and visual analytics.
Credit Hours: 3
HCM575 - Population Health Program Assessment, Implementation, and Evaluation
Course Description
In this course, students analyze population and community health needs and resources, program design and implementation, and evaluation as core functions of population health practice. Students are provided with essential tools and a knowledge base to conduct effective population health and community-based health promotion activities with a diverse array of populations and health issues.
Credit Hours: 3
