HSL 550 U.S. Health Care Systems
A comprehensive overview of the U.S. health care system covering structure, finance, governance, history, and cultural values. Examination of key problems and interactions with economic, technological, political, and social forces within the larger society to include the health care system's response to these influences. Must be one of the first four courses completed in the program. Three credits.
HSL 560 Organization and Administrative Theory
Survey of organization theory as it relates to health services administration. Introduces key ideas in leadership, motivation, communication, human relations, decision-making, and policy formation. Special attention to how the individual, work group and organization interact to affect the accomplishment of both individual and organizational goals. Must be one of the first four courses completed in the program. Three credits.
HSL 565 Health Care Economics and Public Policy
An introduction to economic and public policy ideas that affect the health care system. Provides a review of relevant economic concepts and covers topics such as demand for health services, health care provider behavior, implications of insurance and payment strategies, cost containment, unhealthy behavior and social regulation, and health technology and regulation. Pre-requisite: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Three credits.
HSL 570 Health Care Law and Regulation
Legal analysis of health care exploring the role of law in promoting quality health care and organizing health care delivery. Special topics will include controlling costs of health care, promoting access to health care, and protecting human rights of those who are provided health care. Three credits.
HSL 575 Research Methods
An examination of strategies for gathering and organizing data and performing quantitative analysis. Topics include research design, statistical reasoning and interpretation, operational excellence methods and data analysis using Microsoft Excel. Pre-requisite: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Three credits.
HSL 580 Financial Administration for Health Care Organizations
Introduction to key concepts of financial management as applied to health care institutions. Examines practical financial issues that are faced in the operation of a health care organization. Sources of funds, budget creation and implementation, interpretation of financial information, and the use of financial analysis in organizational decision-making. Three credits.
HSL 590 Human Resource Management in Health Care
Major topics in human resource management including theories of motivation, analysis of positions, recruitment and employee selection, assessment of employee performance, compensation and benefit strategies, collective bargaining, employment and non-discrimination law, and employee development. Three credits.
HSL 600 Leadership and Ethics
This course presents a theoretical and applied treatment of a pervasive and challenging task of leading in the new global economy—continuously and successfully dealing with the issues of constant improvement within a framework of ethical leadership. Students will learn the leadership theories, concepts, and applications that will allow them to successfully initiate, analyze, and implement various types of organizational changes. Specifically, through a series of case studies, students will demonstrate their capacity to isolate key ethical issues as they are related to operational excellence decisions. Seven core ethical standards will be emphasized in the analysis of the case studies: The Common Good, Human Dignity, Care, Hospitality, Stewardship, Solidarity, and Subsidarity. Three credits.
HSL 605 Quality Improvement in Health Care and Service Industries
An in-depth study of the operational excellence philosophy, methodologies, tools, and issues related to quality improvement. Introduction to main approaches to operational improvement with an emphasis on quality standard setting, system design and organizational change strategies, reporting mechanisms, and effectiveness assessment. The relationship between quality improvement programs, risk management, and utilization review will be emphasized. In particular, this course will examine challenges facing the health care service industry to include waste and quality in the health care environment, application of the Toyota Way to the health care industry, and building the health care industry of the future. Three credits.
HSL 610 Strategic Management of Complex Organizations
Strategic management involves utilizing the tools and techniques of strategic analysis to craft, implement, and execute organizational strategies. An organization’s chances for sustained success are greatly improved when managers (1) develop an astute, timely strategic “game plan” for running the organization and, then (2) implement and execute the strategic plan with great proficiency. The pedagogical objectives of this course are to sharpen students’ abilities to “think strategically” in a lean environment, to evaluate an organization’s situation from the perspective of its competitiveness and performance prospects, and to draw sound conclusions about what actions an organization’s management needs to take in light of all the relevant circumstances. May only be taken after completing 24 credits in the program. Three credits.
HSL 615 Effective Marketing Communication (Elective)
Successful leaders understand how to leverage internal communication, public relations, marketing, and communication strategy. This course will examine innovative communication methods to include the power of storytelling and internet marketing technologies as well as best practices from leading non-profit and for-profit organizations such as Disney. Three credits.
HSL 650 Directed Research
Individual research project applying and integrating knowledge gained in the program. Emphasis on action research and the development of evidence based programs and practices in health care settings. Must be taken as the final course in the program. Transfer credit cannot be earned for this course. Three credits.
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