HADM 511
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Healthcare Human Resources Management
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3 Credits
| This course surveys the activities and decision-making functions of the human resources manager, including personnel planning, recruitment, interviewing, training and development, compensation practices, benefits administration, maintaining personnel records, employee communication, labor relations and succession planning, with an emphasis on the legal dimensions of these various activities. Attention is also drawn to the professional and legal responsibilities of the individual manager or team leader in matters such as employee rights, privacy, and sexual harassment, discrimination in the workplace, employee evaluations, workers compensation and recruitment of personnel. |
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HADM 514
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Healthcare Marketing and Strategic Planning
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3 Credits
| This course provides a survey of marketing concepts as applied to health services organizations. An examination of marketing strategies useful in the delivery of healthcare services is provided to students. Special attention will be given to market research, pricing, targeting a market, branding, new product development, innovation and the development of a complete marketing plan. The course will also examine strategic planning processes and issues with an emphasis on environmental scanning, competitive analysis, strategic decision-making, and implementation in healthcare settings. Additional topics include ethical concerns in development and implementation of marketing and strategic plan. |
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HADM 517
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Healthcare Economics and Policy
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3 Credits
| This course is designed as an in-depth study of how the framework of economics can be applied to healthcare markets. The course will study the production, cost, and financing of healthcare services, delivery mechanisms and their effects, private and social insurance programs, and use of economic evaluation techniques in making decisions about allocation of scarce resources. The course also introduces current major issues in health policy, including managed care, public health, Medicare and Medicaid, disparate healthcare issues, global health issues. |
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HADM 520
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Healthcare Law and Ethics
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3 Credits
| This course is aimed to introduce practical knowledge of legal and ethical issues inherent in healthcare delivery and administration. Topics will include the U.S. legal system, legal and regulatory ground of managing healthcare organizations, the basic of ethical theory and analysis, issues regarding informed consent to and refusal of treatment, the use and disclosure of health information, fraud and abuse. |
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HADM 523
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Healthcare Information Systems
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3 Credits
| This course explores the theory, technical requirements and applications of information systems in the healthcare field. Special emphasis will be given on clinical data, electronic health records, legal and ethical aspects of health information, coding, decision support systems, managing risks and policy implications of health information technology. Also to be explored are the SDLC within the SAAD framework, information security and confidentiality, RHIOs, telemedicine and health surveillance within the public health sector. |
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