Master of Healthcare Administration

Financial Management

The course focuses on the application and development of management decision making and problem solving skills in the financial area. Specific topics of discussion include financial statement analysis, credit and operational risk, financial planning and budgeting, asset valuation, cash flow analysis and capital budgeting, and firm valuation from a value-based management and corporate governance perspective. Pre- or Co- Requisite: BUS503 or ACC 250 (for Healthcare Administration, MA students). (3 units)

Information Systems for Health Services

In this course, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of information technology, electronic medical records, meaningful use, interoperability, and health information exchanges. This course provides students an opportunity to examine the use of information systems, databases, and analytical tools in information technology to enhance performance in healthcare organizations. Legal and ethical issues affecting management of healthcare information along with the use of health statistics, health indicators, confidentiality, security, and privacy will be covered. (3 units)

Principles & Organization of Healthcare Administration

In this course, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of healthcare management, organizational principles, and leadership. This course provides students an opportunity to examine the structure and function of healthcare organizations, human resources and organizational issues, and managerial and leadership skillsâ??including but not limited to communication, decision making, team building, etc. Operational activities and managerial functions crucial to healthcare delivery systems will be analyzed. (3 units)

Quality Control and Risk Management in Healthcare

This course introduces students to continuous quality and safety improvement within dynamic patient care systems. Current and future healthcare professionals will focus on the importance of these concepts in order to improve safety and efficiency, for both patients and staff members. (3 units)

Healthcare Leadership

This course provides students an opportunity to analyze the skills, frameworks, and leadership theories necessary to be successful in a healthcare environment. Special emphasis is placed on the roles and responsibilities of healthcare leadership, including communication, change management, ethics, quality, patient safety, patient satisfaction, motivation, and leading teams. (3 units)

The American Healthcare System

This course is a comprehensive introduction to the organization of the U.S. health care ?system.? It examines the major institutions, professions and political forces that influence the provision of health care services. Students explore the development of major components of the medical care system from an historical perspective by examining the changes in their organization and role over time. They also consider the major problems presently confronting each aspect of health care and discuss alternative means of resolving these issues for the future. (3 units)

Strategic Management for Public Health Services

This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills pertaining to the functions of strategic planning and marketing in the health care setting. Areas to be covered include an analysis of strategic planning and marketing theory, emphasizing strategic planning concepts in an era of regulation and competition, and a marketing orientation to designing the services offered by the health care organization. Students will examine contemporary health service issues through multi-disciplinary perspectives within organizational leadership, analyzing how leaders account for internal and external factors to improve organizational and system performance, thereby meeting individual and community health. (3 units)

Health Law and Ethics

Students explore and analyze current ethical issues such as biomedical research, insurance statutes, and demand management. Students survey the extensive legal foundations of health care, and apply current case law to contemporary situations. Topics include legal aspects of legislation, patient rights, data security, professional liability, and labor relations. (3 units)

US Healthcare Policy and Advocacy

This course includes a review of healthcare systems, policy actors and processes in the United States, roles of government, bureaucracy, and interest groups in health policy and the policy process. Students taking this course will also become familiar with common advocacy techniques and strategies used to initiate legislative and regulatory policies including coalition building, the use of policy studies, and media relations. (3 units)

Managing Human Capital

Emphasizes the strategic role of human resources in performing functions of recruitment, hiring, training, career development and other contemporary processes within the organizational setting. Serves as an introduction to the areas of compensation, collective bargaining, affirmative action and other regulatory procedures and requirements as they relate to applications within organizations. (3 units)