A survey course in environmental health designed to provide an understanding of the fundamental theory and methods for the control of disease. Includes environmental law, disease systems, water supplies, plumbing, waste water treatment, food sanitation, vector control, recreation sanitation, solid waste disposal, housing sanitation, and air pollution. For health care personnel. Covers issues of quality assurance and improvement in health care provision, including definition and measurement of quality. Demographics of populations at risk, their access to health care and the quality of health care services they receive are reviewed as are the cost, financing, and regulation of such care.
Consideration is given to relevant research initiatives and program interventions.
HSOP 647 . An examination of methods for measuring the operational efficiency and effectiveness of health care and medical care programs. Includes methods to analyze and evaluate current operations and approaches to plan better manpower, facility, technology, financial planning and management control systems in a health setting. HSOP 652 . Provides an analysis of business problems seen in health care organizations from a strategic management perspective.