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Dept. & Course Number |
Course Title |
Instructor (s) |
Credits |
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HPM 2000 |
INTRO HEALTH SERVICES Administration (Introduction to
Health Policy & Management) |
Wesley Rohrer, Ph.D., & Carol Stockman, Ph.D. |
1.5 |
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An
introduction to present day personal and public health care systems
primarily in the United States. The course begins with a historical
perspective. It reviews the influence of social, behavioral, political,
economic and legal aspects of health care services and how health care
organizations can provide a framework for the management of health care
and disease prevention programs. Health and human development focuses on
the beginning of life, through adolescence, and adulthood, including the
problems of aging. |
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HPM 2001 |
INTRO TO LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT & POLICY FOR PUBLIC
HEALTH |
Wesley Rohrer, Ph.D., & Carol Stockman, Ph.D. |
3 |
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The
course is designed to give students an overview of the disciplines and
competencies associated with the field of health policy and health care
management. Understanding the role of leadership in a public
health environment is a unifying theme in this course. |
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HPM 2010 |
ORGANIZATION STUDIES: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS TO HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS |
Wesley Rohrer, Ph.D. |
3.0 |
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Focus on the understanding and application of fundamental concepts,
principles and models associated with organization theory within
healthcare, rehabilitation, and long-term care. Content will encompass
the traditional foci of organization theory, e.g., structure and
functions, authority relationships, coordination and control processes,
as well as constructs associated with related disciplines of
organization behavior e.g. motivation theory, leadership, etc. Emphasis
on real world applications. Organization design is discussed in
contemporary organization structures and processes. |
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HPM 2012 |
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS HEALTH CARE & PUBLIC HEALTH |
Wesley Rohrer, Ph.D. |
3.0 |
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Introduction to selected finance and accounting topics of health care
professional, supervisor & department head. No previous knowledge of
accounting or financial management required. First half emphasis on
basic financial accounting concepts to provide organization-level
understanding language, concepts, processes & functions of financial
management. Second half emphasizes managerial accounting principles and
techniques including cost accounting and budgeting. Focus shifts to
departmental level financial management and role of supervisor process
including budget development and control. |
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HPM 2025 |
HPM Practicum |
Samuel A. Friede, FACHE |
1.0 to 3.0 |
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The
student may register for the HPM practicum upon approval of the faculty
of the department of Health Policy & Management. The HPM practicum is
designed to provide the student already employed in a healthcare
organization with exposure to executive management, leadership, and
policy-making processes and activities. Typically, the student will
complete the practicum at their employment organization. |
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HPM 2029 |
HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS |
Robert Calabrisi |
3.0 |
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The
purpose of this course is to provide future health care managers and
policy-makers a conceptual framework for understanding and managing an
integrated Health Management Information System (HMIS). Primary
attention will be given to the overall architecture of HMIS and issues
related to health information management. The course focuses on the
health care manager's role in the design, implementation and control of
an effective HMIS. Instructional methods include lectures by regular
faculty and guest resources, class discussion, case analyses, and an
applied field site study. |
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HPM 2037 |
ESSAY-HA |
HPM Faculty |
1.0 to 3.0 |
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The
essay is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to
integrate the major components of the health administration learning
experience. The student is expected to demonstrate analytical ability
and technical proficiency in expository writing. |
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HPM 2049 |
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT |
Wesley Rohrer, Ph.D. |
3.0 |
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This course encompasses both personnel administration and labor
relations concepts, processes and issues presented within a broad human
resource management perspective. The emphasis of the course is on
behavioral implications of legal-regulatory, economic, cultural, and
technical forces affecting the management of people in health care
organizations viewed as an open system. Perspectives of organization
theory and behavior, personnel and labor law will be applied to the
analysis of human resource/labor relations problems and effective
management and supervisory practice. |
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HPM 2064 |
HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS |
Julie Donohue, Ph.D. |
2.0 |
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The
aims of this course are to provide students with 1) an overview of the
U.S. health care delivery system and current policy challenges, and 2)
an introduction to policy analysis tools useful for defining policy
problems, assessing alternative solutions and examining effects of
health policies. The framework used for achieving these aims will be to
consider health policy from the perspective of the main stakeholders in
the system: patients, providers, health plans, suppliers (e.g.
pharmaceutical and manufacturing industry), and payers. Course materials
include a policy analysis text book, peer-reviewed articles, and case
studies of contemporary health policy issues. No prerequisites are
required for this course.
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HPM 2080 |
AN INTRODUCTION TO PATIENT SAFETY |
Nicholas Castle, Ph.D. |
3.0 |
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This course is designed as an introduction to patient safety in the U.S.
healthcare system. No previous knowledge of safety is required. Emphasis
early in the course will be placed on understanding the healthcare
system and errors that exist. Then the course will emphasize regulations
in different healthcare settings related to patient safety. Finally,
specific tools that are used in patient safety settings will be
described. |
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HPM 2105 |
HEALTH & MEDICAL CARE ORGANIZATION |
Samuel Friede, FACHE |
1.5 |
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This course touches upon the structure of health care delivery systems
and prevailing patterns and methods of delivery of health and medical
care services. It reviews the historical, ethical, and legal basis for
consumer behavior. The course covers personnel and facilities;
organization, financing, and quality assessment with special attention
given to managed medical care. Students develop skills in analyzing
contemporary policy issues from an interdisciplinary vantage. |
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HPM 2115 |
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RESIDENCY |
Samuel Friede, FACHE |
1.0 |
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The
course is designed to provide the student with an educational experience
in the student's field of interest. It is a field experience performed
under the supervision of a preceptor (i.e., a respected professional
manager in the health field). Potential sites include a broad range of
organizations such as hospitals, multi-unit systems, HMO's, consulting
firms, insurance organizations, health policy and planning agencies, and
health divisions of corporations. |
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HPM 2125 |
HEALTH ECONOMICS |
Judith Lave, Ph.D. & Chyongchiou Jeng Lin, Ph.D. |
3.0 |
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Examines the market for medical services, with the view that the special
nature of the market demands careful economic analysis rather than the
abandonment of economic principles. Topics include the demand for health
and the derived demand for health/medical care and insurance, the supply
of medical services (physician and hospital in particular), the roles of
uncertainty and information, and the problems of pricing, production,
and distribution of health and medical services. |
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HPM 2130 |
HEALTH LAW & ETHICS |
Patricia Sweeney,
J.D., M.P.H. |
2 |
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The
impact of law and ethical constructs upon the administration and
furnishing of health services. |
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HPM 2135 |
HEALTH POLICY |
Beaufort Longest, Ph.D. |
2.0 |
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An
introduction to federal and state legislative, administrative, and
budget systems as they affect health services. The course focuses on the
study of selected health policies, considering them in their historical
perspective, present status, and future direction within their social,
economic, and political contexts. |
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HPM 2142 |
MANAGING THE HEALTH OF POPULATIONS |
Howard Degenholtz, Ph.D. |
3.0 |
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Prerequisite (s): EPIDEM 2110; BIOST 2011
This
course provides students with skills and experience applying analytic
techniques to the management of the health of populations. Content
includes health assessment, evaluating health improvement programs, and
assuring the quality of health care services. |
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HPM 2145 |
MARKETING HEALTH SERVICES |
Vikas Mittal, Ph.D. |
1.5 |
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Analysis of concepts vital to the creation of superior competitive
marketing planning strategies for health services providers. Emphasis,
using principles of epidemiology, on effective measurement of need in
service area. |
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HPM 2150 |
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS |
Helene Weinraub |
3.0 |
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This 'capstone' course for the program stresses the application and
integration of knowledge and techniques learned in the context of
specific functions and disciplines, focuses on identifying strategic
issues in complex environments, and formulating realistic responses. The
emphasis throughout is on understanding how to improve the major
patterns of resource allocation within the organization in order to
create lasting value. |
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HPM 2203 |
FINANCING & REGULATION OF LONG TERM CARE SERVICES |
Nicholas Castle, Ph.D. |
1.5 |
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This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of the
financing and regulation of long term care services. Students will
understand the interrelationship between the methods chosen to finance
health care services, state regulations about quality & quantity & the
structure of long term care that has evolved. Students will understand
the role of demonstrations as a method to inform policy makers on how
to change long term care policy. Students examine the traditional role of insurance
& characteristics of the markets that inhibit growth of insurance
programs for long term care. |
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HPM 2205 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY—HA
(Admission by HPM Faculty Only) |
HPM Faculty |
1.0
to
3.0 |
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Students with major interests in specialized areas participate in
individual study, research activities, or advanced readings with a
specified faculty member. |
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HPM 2207 |
QUALITY ASSESSMENT |
Nicholas Castle, Ph.D. |
2.0 |
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Examines the definition of quality in healthcare from the perspectives
of providers, health plans, and consumers. Healthcare standards of JCAHO,
NCQA, and HEDIS are reviewed. The role of clinical pathways, outcome
measures, technology and the internet are explored as they impact the
quality of healthcare. |
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HPM 2210 |
MANAGING IN REAL WORLD OF PUBLIC HEALTH |
Charles Vukotich |
3.0 |
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This class is intended to give an introduction to real skills needed for
the art and science of management, letting students take home some of
the crucial competencies needed to successfully lead public health
programs. Topics include: financial management, budgeting, grant writing, planning, law,
report writing, staff management, communication and working in the community
and organizations. Students can interact with public health practitioners
who manage a variety of programs. Instructors use authentic case examples
to show how work is done in real world. With its limits of time,
resources, bureaucracies working with people. |
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HPM 2214 |
FUNDAMENTALS OF HEALTHCARE GOVERNANCE |
Samuel Friede, FACHE |
2.0 |
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The
purpose of this course is to provide students with a sense of the
responsibilities of governing boards of voluntary hospitals & to enable
them to interrelate with their boards appropriately & constructively.
The substance of interrelationships between governing boards &
managements is as varied as are the forms of the organizations to which
they relate and the personalities of the individuals involved.
Subjective perceptions are often more important than formal rules and
effective governance is more art than science. The course provides
guidelines to this art. |
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HPM 2216 |
HEALTH INSURANCE: FINANCING HEALTH CARE |
Judith Lave, Ph.D. |
3.0 |
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Course examines the concerns and practices of private health insurance;
the relationships and activities established by the insurance contracts
among the insurer, insured, and providers; the insuring process of
marketing, underwriting and pricing; the interrelationships of private
and public insurance programs; and the varied government activities
related to insurance. The objective of this course is to increase
understanding of the access, funding, and insuring issues surrounding
health care and to explore the alternate strategies being pursued in
response to environment. |
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HPM 2217 |
CLINICAL DECISION ANALYSIS |
Mark Roberts, M.D.
Cindy Bryce, Ph.D. |
1.0 |
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This course provides an introduction to the use of decision sciences in
health care. In addition to developing a conceptual understanding of
medical decision-making, the course will develop technical skills in
decision analysis including the creation/evaluation of decision trees,
the use of sensitivity analysis, and the incorporation of specific
patient preferences through the use of utility analysis. The advantages
and disadvantages of formal mathematical models for the analysis of
clinical conditions will be presented. Examples from current medical
literature will be discussed. |
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HPM 2218 |
INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND NETWORK |
Samuel A. Friede, FACHE |
1.5 |
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Course will explore three aspects of integrated delivery systems: 1)
efforts to develop vertically integrated services 2) integration of
physician and hospital services; and 3) integration of payor and
providers. Students enrolled in the course will complete an in-depth
analysis of a successfully operating integrated system. |
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HPM 2220 |
COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS IN HEALTH CARE |
Mark Roberts, M.D.
Cindy Bryce, Ph.D. |
1.0 |
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Provides an introduction to and develops technical skills in the economic
evaluation of health care programs. A brief introduction to the economic
foundation of cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis is followed
by an examination of the methodologies involved in performing cost
effectiveness analyses. Topics include: definitions of cost and
benefits, effect of the perspective of the analysis, calculation of cost
effectiveness ratios, performance of sensitivity analysis, discounting
of costs and benefits, and discussions of current controversies in
conduct of cost-effectiveness analysis. |
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HPM 2300 |
HEALTH LAW FIELD EXPERIENCE
(For students enrolled in the Joint JD/MPH Program Only) |
Patricia Sweeney,
J.D., M.P.H. |
3.0 |
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Required placement in a law firm or in a house counsel office in a
health organization or system, a public health agency, or a health
policy agency. |
