HADM 501 – Understanding Healthcare Organizations (Credits: 3)

An introduction to the field to establish professional identity and understand healthcare systems. This course also exposes students to the many issues and challenges, including those dealing with ethics, surrounding the healthcare field. Topics may include organizational structures, legal and ethical issues, government policies, community health, managing information, managing people, and managing resources.

HADM 517 – Leadership and Team Building in Healthcare Administration (Credits: 2)

This course defines qualities of a true leader, with the goal of helping individuals find their style of leadership. It deals with the difference between managing and leading, as well as the roles of coaching and mentoring in leadership. Motivation, communication, visioning, team development, and situational-based leadership in healthcare settings are covered. May be repeated for credit, provided that the topics are different.

HADM 520 – Financial Management in Healthcare (Credits: 3)

A survey of financial management. Topics include the financial environment, working capital management, the time value of money, financial statement analysis, capital structure, capital budgeting, and assessment of risk in a healthcare setting.

HADM 601 – Research and Program Evaluation (Credits: 3)

Understanding research protocols, designs, and strategies used to garner and verify knowledge in the field of healthcare, with special attention to procedures designed for program evaluation.

HADM 602 – Managing and Analyzing Healthcare Information (Credits: 3)

Practice and use with software systems that enable organizing, managing, analyzing, and interpreting data, with emphasis on the types of data required for reporting to federal, state, and local governments, as well as data that drive the decision-making process.

HADM 640 – Applications in Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, and Population Health (Credits: 3)

Course is focused on meeting the 8 core domains of competency for the National Association of Healthcare Quality’s (NAHQ) Healthcare Quality Competency Framework. Students will learn and apply recognized parameters demonstrating competencies in the domains of quality review & accountability, professional engagement, quality leadership & integration, performance and process improvement, population health & care transitions, health data analytics, patient safety, regulation & accreditation, and quality review & accountability. Special emphasis will be focused on patient safety and population health competencies incorporating Healthy People Curriculum Task Force’s Prevention and Population Health curriculum framework and the World Health Organization’s Patient Safety curriculum guide. (Prerequisite IPE710)

HADM 650 – Managing People and Human Resources (Credits: 3)

Focus on recruiting, training, and developing human resources thereby enabling employees to be competent performers within organizations. In addition, strategies for developing as an effective leader and team member in the field of healthcare are covered.

HADM 672 – Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare (Credits: 3)

This course will discuss the broad coverage of the challenges and dilemmas facing the healthcare enterprise using the case study method to arrive at ethical and moral decision-making. Includes examination of personal beliefs and prejudices that often influence actions. Topics include access, cost, and quality of care; organizational ethics and risk; professional codes of conduct; principles of patient autonomy and rights; and issues within the community. Additional topics include coverage of health laws and regulation from both the patient and corporate viewpoints, including regulatory laws, labor law, patients’ rights, liability, third-party providers, and contract law. May be repeated for credit, provided that the topics are different.

HADM 675 – Organizational and Governmental Policy in Health Care (Credits: 3)

A course that addresses the economics and financing of health policy, need, and demand by the public, and quality and effectiveness of the services, including issues of public health preparedness, prevention, long-term care, and mental illness.

MBA 505 – Marketing Management & Consumer Experience (Credits: 3)

An exploration of the practice of marketing as it is currently evolving. Attention is given to the fundamental concepts and tools of marketing as they apply in an increasingly dynamic, complex, and uncertain environment. Marketing’s role as a driver of an organization’s value will be emphasized as value chains are increasingly shaped by consumer demands, expectations, experiences and loyalty. Attention is also given to the topics of one-to-one marketing strategy, market segmentation, experiential marketing, globalization, corporate social responsibility, and green marketing.

IPE 710 Leadership in Quality and Patient Safety (1 Credit)

This seminar course provides the student with an introduction to quality, safety, population health, equity, healthcare leadership, and person and family-centered care. Course includes on-line learning through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and will culminate with the IHI’s Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety upon successful completion of the course.