This course provides a foundation for understanding the contribution of formal US healthcare services to the nation's health. Content includes how the structure of healthcare in the US healthcare impacts operational management of provider systems focus on how care is organized, delivered, financed and regulated. Major challenges that impact healthcare cost, quality and access are examined with underpinnings of social justice and impact on communities served. Emphasis is placed on management of quality, patient safety and information technology as centerpieces of the modern health care environment.
Outcomes: Distinguish roles, functions and responsibilities of healthcare system components; Analyze the interaction of social, political and economic forces shaping healthcare delivery and impact on cost, quality and access.
Outcomes: Distinguish roles, functions and responsibilities of healthcare system components; Analyze the interaction of social, political and economic forces shaping healthcare delivery and impact on cost, quality and access.