The course will focus on emerging trends in health administration, such as the need to understand the ethical implications of resource issues and the requirement of acquiring leadership skills to help reform the health care system from within. Students in the Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy programs may take this course. Other students need instructor's permission. Presents students with implementation skills for ethically managing power relations in a turbulent health care marketplace. Includes such topics as budgeting, working capital management, intermediate reimbursement theory, financing indigent care, tax-exempt status, internal audit and control, and cost containment.
Organization is perceived as an open system that requires constant interaction with environment.
May be taken concurrently with HLAD701. Addresses the historical evolution of the community health care institution and examines how the history and evolvement of the community health care institution is interwoven into the current trends in health care administration. Quality assurance and organized delivery systems are addressed. This course emphasizes the conceptual framework and the practical application of various decision-making techniques relevant to the health administration field. The focus of the course is on developing sophisticated decision-making models utilizing available computer software that enable the administrator to achieve organizational goals in an efficient manner.