Health Services Administration
Courses
HSAD 500 Historical Influences on the US Healthcare System 4.0 Credits
This course provides a historical context for understanding the sociological, political, and economic forces that have shaped the evolution of healthcare in the U.S. Forces impacting health care are viewed from the perspectives of health care professionals, academic observers, economists, and the patient / consumer experience that parallels milestone periods in U.S. history.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 501 Managerial Epidemiology 3.0 Credits
The focus of the course is on the role and use of epidemiologic tools in the field of health care administration. Epidemiologic techniques are applied to specific areas of health administration including needs assessment, planning, quality assurance, financing and economic analysis for the delivery of healthcare services to various populations.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 505 Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare Management and Policy 4.0 Credits
Ethics and law are central to any health profession, including health administration. This course will focus on those central aspects. This course will survey classic and contemporary theories to understand the meaning of ethics and law, to make clear, effective decisions that respect both. Students will explore ethical dilemmas that often confront healthcare managers and administrators, with the ultimate goal always in mind of improving patient care. Problem-based learning will be utilized.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 515 Practice issues in Healthcare Management 4.0 Credits
Students are introduced to the applications of quality management in healthcare organizations. They will apply appropriate methods and distinguish the types of quality issues that prompt particular methods. Concepts such as team processes, patient involvement in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), outcome model of quality, customer satisfaction, and the role of Health Information Technology (HIT) in quality improvement will be covered in the context of current regulatory environment.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 522 Applied Management Project 4.0 Credits
The Applied Management Project (“Residency”) continues work begun in HSAD 515: Practice Issues in Healthcare Management. Students work in groups for a week conducting observations and preparing a report and oral presentation of audit findings.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: HSAD 500 [Min Grade: B] and HSAD 505 [Min Grade: B] and HSAD 515 [Min Grade: B]
HSAD 525 National Health Expenditures 4.0 Credits
This course examines the fundamental theory and tools used in determining the cost and quality of healthcare at the macro level. Students will learn what drives the cost of healthcare, government payer expenditures, and private services and care covered, health vs. illness expenditure, and cost-shifting models to conserve resources.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 527 Intro to Long Term Care & Post Acute Care Admin 4.0 Credits
This course covers organization, administrative of long-term care services and post-acute services addressing the needs of the elderly and disabled populations. Long term care and post- acute care involves a description of the continuum of care, the types of providers and the range of services including nursing facilities, assisted living, housing, community-based services, and informal care giving. Also covered are the issues affecting integration across the continuum.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 530 Politics and Policy of Healthcare Resources 4.0 Credits
This course enables the student to delve deeply into the process of policy development at the federal, state and local levels. A review of the factors that influence actual legislation will provide a vantage point for understanding the power struggles in law-making and the role of a responsible citizenry.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 540 Resources, Recruitment and Retention in Healthcare 4.0 Credits
The principles and functions of modern human capital management will be examined against the backdrop of a complex and evolving healthcare system. The course focuses on the role of human resources as a strategic partner in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of a 21st century healthcare organization. Projections of future workforce needs in response to a changing healthcare system will be analyzed.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 550 Strategic Planning for Healthcare Administration 4.0 Credits
Combines principles of management with formal strategic planning to meet the healthcare needs of a defined population. Students learn how contemporary tools of organizational strategy are used in the health care environment, such as formulating goals and objectives, environmental scans, identifying core competencies, market analysis, strategic intent, and competitive advantage.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 555 Aging & Disability Policy in the US 4.0 Credits
This course focuses on the public policy related to disability and aging in the United States. The first part of the course will provide a brief history of aging and disability policy, examine the fiscal effects of aging, discuss social security and entitlements, and review trends in population employment and retirement. The remainder of the course will focus on insurance reform, long term care, food insecurity, comparative analysis of strategies for aging societies, and the future of aging and disability policy reform.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 560 Advanced Healthcare Marketing 3.0 Credits
This course examines the history of healthcare marketing, the contributions of marketing to the strategic objectives of healthcare organizations, and the effects of marketing on public relations and the consumer. It explores the fundamental concepts of marketing as applied to the health care sector and offers the student the opportunity to develop the basic marketing skill sets essential to the success of the health care administrator.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 561 Risk Management 4.0 Credits
This course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of healthcare risk management. Students are introduced to factors considered when creating a culture of safety, risk factors that influence the provision of evaluating levels of compliance and techniques that aid in evaluating conditions that may or may not alter desired clinical outcomes.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 562 Group Dynamics & Leadership in Health Care Management 4.0 Credits
This course explores issues of group dynamics, interdisciplinary teamwork, and leadership in the health care administration setting by focusing on the qualities, characteristics, and behaviors that successful teams and team leaders must manifest. The specific challenges inherent in today’s current health care setting require broad leadership capabilities that are responsive to a fast-changing and risky global macroeconomic environment.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 565 Global Health and Management Issues 4.0 Credits
This course introduces students to key global health issues and some of the strategies for developing leadership, addressing health problems of particular populations and developing management skills for developing staff for health organizations in resource-poor regions.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD 566 Evaluation and Assessment of Healthcare Systems 4.0 Credits
This course introduces students to the processes used to identify the services, protocols, and production inputs that can strengthen medical delivery systems to improve health outcomes for both the patients and the communities they serve. Within the course, we will introduce theoretical frameworks for organizing gathered information about system processes through program evaluation methodology, the statistical tools for generating and interpreting evidence using data, and strategies for disseminating results to various stakeholders within the healthcare system.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
HSAD I599 Independent Study in Health Services Administration 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
HSAD T580 Special Topics in Health Services Administration 0.0-12.0 Credits
Toipics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
