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HCM310 - Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System
Course Description
Students are introduced to the U.S. healthcare system. The historical background including reform, shift in hospital and ambulatory care, public health’s influence, and evolving roles of stakeholders are discussed. Impact of health information technology, privacy, and legal/ethical issues are assessed. For profit versus not-for-profit entities are examined and the US healthcare system is contrasted to several other developed nation’s health systems. The influence of quality and safety initiatives, competition within the healthcare industry, and impact on patient care are evaluated. Recommended Prior Course: ORG300. Students cannot receive credit for HCM310 and HSC300 as they are considered duplicative.
Credit Hours: 3
HCM320 - Introduction to Health Policy
Course Description
Students will focus on the historical context of health care delivery and policy-making procedures. Students will focus on the political, economic, and social aspects of health care policy impacting both providers and consumers of services. Further discussion will provide insight into the complexity of healthcare policy formation, how the policy-making process works, and how moral and ethical decision-making at the policy level influence health care providers within various institutional settings. Public health awareness and preparedness will also be discussed as related to influencing political officials to formalize policy-making efforts through legislative reform. Recommended Prior Course: HCM310
Credit Hours: 3
HCM370 - Quality and Risk Management in Healthcare
Course Description
In this course the student is provided with an understanding of healthcare quality improvement including methods and tools to increase patient safety, improve healthcare outcomes and reduce risk in the healthcare setting. It focuses on applying expert knowledge and management expertise to the multiple challenges’ managers face in healthcare organizations. Special emphasis is placed on the role of work teams in quality improvement and risk reduction, including understanding the critical success factors for effective team performance. Additional reading and course discussions include assessing risk in complex healthcare organizations, assessing the value of different management techniques to monitor, anticipate, reduce, and eliminate disruptive and dangerous risks. The fundamental objective of this course is for the student to be able to apply quality and risk management principles in diverse healthcare environments in order to improve patient safety and clinical outcomes. Recommended Prior Course: HCM310
Credit Hours: 3
HCM400 - Managed Care and Health Insurance
Course Description
Managed care and health insurance covers healthcare issues surrounding management, insurance, and changes in payment mechanisms. In this course, students will investigate the history of Managed Care; and about moral hazard and sale of health benefits coverage; governance, and administration; and provider networks. Topics include fundamentals of cost-containment measures, quality healthcare, and complexities of Medicare Advantage payment plans and Medicaid expansion that occurred under the Affordable Care Act. Recommended Prior Course: HCM310. Students cannot receive credit for HCM400 and HSC371 as they are considered duplicative.
Credit Hours: 3
HCM430 - Population Health Management
Course Description
Students will be introduced to the multifaceted concepts of population health as it relates to stakeholders in the health system, determinants of health, and sociopolitical factors. Major topics include health care policy and reform, health behavior change, data analytics for population disease management, workplace health, and translation of effective research into practice. Special emphasis will be placed on developing basic skills relevant to community assessment and health promotion strategies. Assignments and discussions provide opportunities to apply epidemiological analysis techniques with an emphasis on assessment of challenges and benefits of population-based interventions. Recommended Prior Course: HCM310
Credit Hours: 3
