School of Healthcare Management
Degree Program: Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Healthcare Management- Course:
HCM621
-- Ethics, Policy, and Law in Healthcare Management - Credits: 4
- Prerequisites: NONE
- Description:
This course examines key ethical, regulatory, and legal issues related to healthcare management and delivery of healthcare services. Emphasis is placed on the interface of ethics, policy, and the law on medical negligence, malpractice and professional liability, medical records, information management, patient consent, confidentiality, privacy, patient rights and responsibilities, contracts, labor relations, and other current issues.
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Sampling of Additional Courses applicable to this degree program- Course: HCM611 -- Managing the Healthcare Organization
- Credits: 5
- Prerequisites: NONE
- Description:
This course provides a general orientation to management practices in the healthcare field. The focus is on applying essential management concepts and processes to the unique social, physical, and emotional environments of healthcare organizations.
- Course: HCM621 -- Ethics, Policy, and Law in Healthcare Management
- Credits: 4
- Prerequisites: NONE
- Description:
This course examines key ethical, regulatory, and legal issues related to healthcare management and delivery of healthcare services. Emphasis is placed on the interface of ethics, policy, and the law on medical negligence, malpractice and professional liability, medical records, information management, patient consent, confidentiality, privacy, patient rights and responsibilities, contracts, labor relations, and other current issues.
- Course: HCM631 -- Systems in Healthcare
- Credits: 4
- Prerequisites: HCM611
- Description:
This course focuses on issues facing healthcare systems in a changing environment. Students will examine resource allocation, risk assessment, and financing.
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