Course Descriptions

Health Administration
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HADM 210 Healthcare Mega Trends 3 cr.  Provides the student with a challenging new perspective—viewing health as a social science—and places all the components of health and the U.S. system in context.  The course will dissect the interplay between issue and circumstance, underscore the fact that the health system is profoundly political, and consider opportunities for constructive changes in the system.  The course will also consider the current rise in consumer activism as it relates to the healthcare system.

HADM 307 Health Informatics 3 cr. Prerequisite: HADM 210 or consent of instructor. Offered ONLY Online.  Explores the resources, devices, and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of health information to strengthen the organization’s operational performance and market position.  The course will explore how information technology can be used to restructure work processes and systems, as well as facilitate change within the healthcare organization.

HADM 310 Healthcare Economics 3 cr. Prerequisites: HADM 210, ECNS 201, ECNS 202 or consent of instructor.  Examines the health care industry from an economic perspective.  To better understand the factors and influences on the decision-making process within the health care industry.  To apply economic concepts to the unique characteristics of the health care industry in business and consumer decision making.

HADM 335 Health Law and Ethics 3 cr. Prerequisites: HADM 210. Offered ONLY Online.  Provides students with information regarding the central legal issues in U.S. healthcare delivery and how these relate to the operational practices of healthcare administrators including labor relations, malpractice, patient rights, information management and confidentiality of patient records, patient safety, contracts, legal reporting requirements, and risk management practices.  The course will also allow students an opportunity to understand the key components of legal issues relevant to medical and business ethics and the link between the law and health policy development.

HADM 355 Rural/Frontier Health Care Delivery 3 cr. Prerequisites: HADM 210 or consent of instructor. Offered ONLY Online.  Familiarizes students with issues facing health care providers and administrators in rural/frontier settings.  Topics to be discussed include governance, financing, management, quality of health care services, and the recruitment and retention of health care professionals to the rural community.

HADM 360 Long-Term Care Management 3 cr. Prerequisites: HADM 210 or consent of instructor. Offered ONLY Online.  Provides the student with information regarding the fundamental management principles and special concerns and problems of long-term care management including the aging of America, the financing of long-term care services, and the public policies impacting on long-term care delivery systems.

HADM 405 Evidence in Research and Evaluation 3 cr. Prerequisites: HADM 210, STAT 216, and upper division standing or consent of instructor. Offered ONLY Online.  Provides an overview of evaluation research methods in health organizations, including a conceptual framework for organizational evaluation, basic evaluation research methods, and use of evidence to assess and improve health organization performance.

HADM 409 Aging in America and Long-Term Care 3 cr.  Explores changes in life expectancy, health status, the pace of growth of the over 65 year old population in America, and the overall graying of America, in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of how long-term care systems and policies can be managed to meet these new “aging” needs.

HADM 422 Operations, Outcomes, and Quality 3 cr. Prerequisites: HADM 210, STAT 216, and upper division standing or consent of instructor. Offered ONLY Online.  Provides an overview of concepts and techniques for designing, planning, and improving the quality of health operations, including operations analysis, coordinating and planning health operations, and quality improvement methods to improve work processes.

HADM 425 Financial Management and Budgeting in Healthcare 3 cr. Prerequisites: HADM 210, FIN 351, and upper division standing or consent of instructor. Offered ONLY Online.  Creates an understanding of the use of financial management concepts and techniques in health management decision-making.

HADM 440 Managerial Epidemiology and the Public’s Health 3 cr. Prerequisites: HADM 210, STAT 216, and upper division standing or consent of instructor. Offered ONLY Online.  Provides a systematic approach to the evidence-based practice of epidemiological preventive care to promote population health.  Students will learn about the traditional epidemiologic model of disease as well as various conceptual models and frameworks that are used to expand the traditional model to include community-based networks, health care systems, and collaborative partnerships.  The application of these models to health services management represents the evolution of epidemiology for use in health services management.

HADM 445 Managing Healthcare Organizations 3 cr. Prerequisites: HADM 210, MGMT 321, and upper division standing or consent of instructor. Offered ONLY Online.  Examines the daily operations of health care organizations.  The course addresses management, staff support, and the implementation of business strategies.  The course focuses on the effective management of health care professionals and identifies unique human resource elements in health care organizations.  The course will provide students with strategies for becoming effective leaders in health care.

HADM 450 Health Policy and Politics 3 cr. Prerequisites: HADM 210 or consent of instructor.  Provides students with an overview of the political context of healthcare organization and delivery.  Specific attention will focus on health care regulations, payment sources, and policy formulation and implementation.

HADM 452 Case Management 3 cr. HADM 210 or consent of instructor. Offered ONLY Online.  Explains how to use case management to coordinate care in order to improve care delivery and patient outcomes while managing costs.  Topics include the role of the case manager; assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation techniques; and negotiating reimbursement and service delivery across care settings.

HADM 462 Supervision in Healthcare 3 cr. HADM 210, MGMT 321 or consent of instructor. Offered ONLY Online.  Provides an integrated overview of management and organization principles and practices for supervisors.  Introduces students to a general management framework and fundamental tools from management and organization science that supervisors use to meet strategic and technical organization goals.  Course topics focus on the supervisor’s job, managing individuals and groups in organizations, managing operations, and managing the environment.

HADM/COMT/HHP 482/582 Women, Media and Health 3 cr. Corequisites: COMT 480/580, COMT 481/581.  Analyzes gaps in basic health care needs for women, both domestically and abroad, emphasizing the role of mass media both in promoting and hindering basic reproductive health.  A special emphasis will be placed on women’s reproductive rights and the ways in which political movements have limited and advanced needs in this area.

HADM 490 Internship V 1-6 cr. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.  Provides students with a supervised experience in a responsible appointment as an assistant health administrator.  In-field contact time is 45 hours per semester credit.  Field placements are arranged through the Health Administration office.

HADM 491 Independent Study V 1-3 cr. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.  Provides opportunities for juniors and seniors to explore material not offered through regular courses.

HADM 492 Seminar V 1-3 cr. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.  Provides students an opportunity to intensively investigate topics in Health Administration.

HADM 496 Cooperative Education/Internship 3 cr. Repeatable once. Prerequisites: HADM 210, 307, 335, and consent of department chair.  Integration of didactic coursework, knowledge and skills acquired enable the student to demonstrate a broad mastery of learning throughout the curriculum.  This is accomplished through an in-depth analysis of a specific problem/issue or an in-depth audit of management practices in a specific functional area (in consultation with the cooperative education preceptor).  Learning agreement must be completed prior to registration (restricted).

HADM 497 Capstone 3 cr. Prerequisites: HADM 307, 335, 422, 445, MKT 340, and consent of instructor. Corequisite: HADM 425. Offered ONLY Online.  Integrates didactic coursework, knowledge and skills acquired, and the cooperative education (internship) experience to enable the student to demonstrate a broad mastery of learning throughout the curriculum.  This is accomplished through an in-depth analysis of a specific problem/issue (in consultation with the cooperative education preceptor) or an in-depth audit of management practices in a specific functional area.  (This course may be waived if the student has previous or current employment in a health profession.)

Graduate Level Courses

The following are graduate level courses.  Please refer to the Graduate Catalog for the course descriptions.

HADM/HHP/COMT 482/582 Women, Media and Health 3 cr.
HADM 605 Evidence Based Management 2 cr.
HADM 607 Health Information Management 3 cr.
HADM 610 Health Care Systems and Policy 3 cr.
HADM 615 Managerial Accounting and Budgeting 3 cr.
HADM 620 Health Operations Methods 2 cr.
HADM 622 Health Quality Techniques 3 cr.
HADM 625 Healthcare Finance and Reimbursement 3 cr.
HADM 632 Healthcare Economics 2 cr.
HADM 635 Health Law and Ethics 3 cr.
HADM 640 Managerial Epidemiology 3 cr.
HADM 645 Healthcare Management 3 cr.
HADM 651 Rural Health Administration 2 cr.
HADM 660 Long Term Care Administration 2 cr.
HADM 675 Healthcare Human Resources 2 cr.
HADM 685 Research and Evaluation Methods 3 cr.
HADM 687 Healthcare Marketing and Strategy 3 cr.
HADM 690 Internship 3 cr.
HADM 691 Independent Study V 1-6 cr.
HADM 692 Seminar V 1-6 cr.
HADM 693 Workshop V 1-6 cr.
HADM 696 Cooperative Education/Internship in Health Administration 3 cr.
HADM 697 Capstone 3 cr.