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| PSHM 5010 | Healthcare Management: Applying Concepts to Practice (3) |
| Provides introduction to healthcare management to promote competency development in the field. Integrates theory and practice through course presentations, readings, online discussions, experiential exercises, case studies and written assignments. Emphasizes the application of critical thinking, problem solving and design skills within multidisciplinary environment to healthcare practice. Prereq: Bachelor's Degree | |
| PSHM 5020 | Management of Healthcare Organizations (3) |
| Focuses on the management concepts, theories, responsibilities, functions, and leadership skills for managers in healthcare organizations (HCOs). Students will evaluate and analyze healthcare operations, the healthcare environment, and issues in management and leadership. Students will apply managerial skills and strategies to improve performance, quality and decision-making in HCOs. | |
| PSHM 5080 | Legal and Ethical Decision-Making in Healthcare (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Focuses on principles & theories of law related to healthcare delivery, management & administration. Examines the application of laws on healthcare liability prevention & the risks managers face. Explores legal & ethical issues in healthcare systems; and investigates the healthcare administrator as decision-maker, leader and moral agent. Evaluates situations with potential ethical/legal implications. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017 |
| PSHM 5300 | Population Health: Programs, Policy, and Epidemiology (3) |
| Focuses on the unique integration of public health and healthcare systems. Provides students with key knowledge and skills to effectively promote health and prevent disease, while navigating public health and healthcare challenges. Emphasizes the identification of populations at risk; evidence-based care, care coordination, patient and community engagement, and reporting of outcomes. Prereq: Bachelor's Degree Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 | |
| PSHM 5330 | Introduction to Long-term Care Administration (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Provides an overview of the operations, management, and administration of long-term care facilities and trends in the long-term care industry. Examines the needs and issues related to the geriatric population, the delivery and financing of long-term care services, and the regulatory environment and policies for long-term care. Course was offered Spring 2023 |
| PSHM 5600 | Service Excellence in Healthcare: Quality Improvement & Customer Service (3) |
| Explores the concepts and organizational factors impacting service delivery and quality management in healthcare; examines service excellence processes/resources to improve customer service and quality. Applies strategies to address challenges in quality and service management; focuses on the concepts, theories, and applications to improve decision making in quality and customer service. Prerequisite: Admission to HSM Grad Certificate Program. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017 | |
| PSHM 5650 | American Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities (3) |
| Provides foundational overview of the structure/function of US healthcare system including challenges and opportunities to develop competence in healthcare management, promotes critical discussion of history and current status of healthcare delivery systems. Examines challenges facing providers, patients and policy makers, and uses current events to explore healthcare controversies. Prerequisite: Bachelor's Degree | |
| PSHM 5700 | Economics and Finance of Healthcare (3) |
| Provides basic overview of economic and financial management concepts in healthcare. Introduces important economic concepts and issues in healthcare, including market factors, production, costs, labor issues, and economic evaluation. Provides an overview of basic financial management principles, capital planning and financing, financial statements, and budgeting in healthcare organizations. Prerequisite: Admission to Grad Certificate Program. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017 | |
| PSHM 5750 | Organizational Behavior and Leadership in Healthcare (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Moves through individual, group, and organizational levels of behavior, drawing on concepts and practices from the field of Organizational Behavior (OB). Provides a basic understanding of one's own and others' behavior, particularly in teams, and enhances students' ability to communicate and work effectively with others, including core leadership skills. Prerequisites: Admission to HSM Graduate Certificate; and completion of PSHM 5010 or 5020. |
| PSHM 5805 | Health Information Systems and Applications (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Examines how informatics in the healthcare industry improves patient care, health outcomes, efficiency, quality & evidence-based decision making; evaluates challenges and strategies for healthcare managers in implementing health information systems & their costs, benefits, and impacts in healthcare organizations. Analyzes key issues in data management, security, privacy and confidentiality. Prerequisite: Admission to HSM Graduate Certificate Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017 |