Health Care Administration

This course offers a broad orientation to the health delivery system, and the role of the health services manager and/or supervisor. It provides organizational theory and practical information about health administration. Students investigate the organizational and environmental contexts within which a health manager works.

This course is a presentation of the historical perspectives, current status, and future projections in the health care field. Concepts of corporate liability, malpractice, and professional negligence are explored. Informed consent, incident reporting, and the importance of accurate and complete records are stressed. The prevention rather than the defense of legal actions is highlighted. Students examine the role of ethics and moral decision-making in the everyday life of the health service manager, with special emphasis placed on the professional codes of ethics.

The purpose of this course is to examine advances in health technology as it relates to human diseases. As future health care administrators, students assess the impact of innovative technologies on administrative functions including capital budgeting and strategic planning and have a framework for understanding and applying this knowledge to diagnostic tests and procedures determined by different diseases of the human body. The course also provides the administrator with in-depth knowledge about specific diseases which aids in the analysis of research data necessary for success in the critical functions of supervision. 

This course is designed to familiarize students with the long-term health care delivery system to give the students a working knowledge of the wholistic approach to the care of the elderly and long-term care individuals. It gives an overview of some of the emotional and physiological needs of individuals who require long-term care. Other areas of concentration are financing, managing, standards, and compliance for quality.

This is a seminar type course where selected health service management problems such as the current and emerging challenges in financing, organizational changes, and managerial functions will be identified, studied, and evaluated. 

This course is an on-the-job experience in selected institutions and agencies related to the students’ career interest. Students obtain firsthand knowledge of the operational world of work by devoting full-time effort to observing and participating in the management functions. Depending on the student’s background and interest, the internship may be in one specific department or rotate among many departments. Routine written reports are required. A major management project is to be completed. Faculty direction is provided by telephone and on-site visitations. Students return to campus periodically to share their experiences with each other. Students put in a minimum of 250 work hours.