Health Care (HLTC) CPSO
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Course numbers with the # symbol included (e.g. #400) have not been taught in the last 3 years.
HLTC 800 - Health Care Delivery and Innovations
Credits: 3
The course examines the political, legal, economic and fiscal components that impact and influence health care delivery systems. A focus within the course will be on developing and managing innovations that improve the value of health care. Management challenges and barriers to implementing change within the system will also be examined.
Equivalent(s): HLTC 800G
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
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- Analyze direct health care delivery structures and processes within and across health care settings and explores their impact within the health care systems.
- Explore and evaluate health care systems at micro and macro levels and the connections between the various levels of analysis.
- Identify and implement the knowledge, skills, and tools that contribute to managing cutting edge delivery strategy and processes.
- Understand the importance of health care policy-making as it related to health care delivery system.
- Implement systems thinking and processes identify, engage and manage innovative organizational change that is relevant to health care setting.
HLTC 801 - Health Care Financial Management
Credits: 3
This course provides a critical introduction to the financial structure and challenges of health care finance. The student will learn the impact of current changes in health care and the need for clinical and financial integration. Content includes information specific to revenue cycles, billing compliance, charity care, bad debt and payers (private and government). The student will understand the unique budgeting processes and financial reporting requirements of health care organizations. The course discusses the interprofessional roles in the day to day financial operations. High level communication skills in finance to engage in dialogue with stakeholders will be required.
Equivalent(s): HLTC 801G
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
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- Analyze the impact of recent health care reform and the resulting critical need for closer clinical and financial integration.
- Apply business and economic principles and practices to revenue cycle processes including private and government payers, billing compliance, audits, charity care and bad debt.
- Review budgeting processes and financial reporting that is unique to the health care industry.
- Appraise the ways financial and clinical decisions impact daily operations, as well as the financial health of the organization.
- Evaluate the ways health care executives are addressing the current challenges in the financing of health care delivery.
- Apply communication strategies to engage in dialogue with the finance team and stakeholders.
HLTC 802 - Advocacy and Health Policy
Credits: 3
This course requires the student to employ analytical skills to evaluate the impact of institutional, regulatory and political policies on financial and health outcomes. Interprofessional health care roles will be introduced and integrated into decision-making and advocacy in health care. Issues specific to health insurance, socioeconomic challenges and barriers to health care will be included. The student will examine the impact of emerging regulations, organizational and political change to health care quality and cost.
Equivalent(s): HLTC 802G
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
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- Analyze how policies influence the structure and financing of health care and population health outcomes.
- Engage in the evaluation of current issues in health care insurance coverage, access and regulation specific to population health outcomes, socioeconomic challenges and current barriers.
- Examine the effect of legal and regulatory processes on interprofessional practice, health care delivery, and patient outcomes.
- Interpret research, bringing the value of an interprofessional, collaborative perspective, for policy makers and stakeholders.
- Advocate for policies specifically to the impact they have to improve health.
HLTC 810 - Health Care Quality and Safety
Credits: 3
This course provides an in-depth analysis of the quality and safety priorities in the current health care environments. Students will contrast the strengths and weaknesses of current quality improvement models including aspects related to efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness as well as being ethical and culturally responsible. The master's student will engage in the promotion of high level communications and advocacy that are necessary for quality and safety initiatives. The course includes the impact of regulatory organizations in health care quality. The student will be prepared to plan, implement and evaluate the results of a quality improvement and specifically address the improvements to health care outcomes.
Equivalent(s): HLTC 810G
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
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- Analyze information about quality initiatives and the unique interprofessional roles required to sustain improvements and improve population health outcomes. 2.Compare and contrast strengths and weakness of quality improvement models.
- Promote a professional environment that includes accountability and high-level communication skills when involved in peer review, advocacy for patients and families, reporting of errors, and professional writing.
- Plan, implement and evaluate evidence based quality improvement methods to promote culturally responsive, safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered care.
HLTC 811 - Health Care Technology and Informatics
Credits: 3
This course provides students with the opportunity to ethically manage data, information, knowledge, and technology. Students will focus upon the development and quality of data-driven outcomes. Students will critique and utilize research and evidence from data to inform decisions that impact the health care outcomes. In addition, the student will analyze emerging health care technologies as they are applied to environments, safety, cost and improvement of health. Ethics and privacy are emphasized in the evaluation of technology in health care.
Equivalent(s): HLTC 811G
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
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- Perform rigorous critique of evidence derived from databases to generate meaningful evidence-based decision-making.
- Analyze current and emerging technologies specific to health care environments, patient education, safety, cost effectiveness and improvement of health outcomes.
- Evaluate outcome data using current communication technologies, information systems, and statistical principles to collaboratively develop strategies to reduce risks and improve health outcomes.
- Promote policies that incorporate ethical principles and standards for the use of health and information technologies.
- Provide oversight and guidance in the integration of technologies to document patient care and improve patient outcomes.
- Integrate ethical principles in the use of technology in the areas of documentation of care and outcomes, as well as in the application to health education.
HLTC 850 - Health Care Management Integrative Capstone
Credits: 3
This integrative course is the culminating course in the Master of Science in Health Care Management. All other required coursework must have been completed prior to receiving approval to register for this course. Students during the capstone experience will integrate health care management competencies, and acquired knowledge and skills that combine health care perspectives, theories, skills, and tools in an applied format. Final products include a comprehensive project that incorporates strategic and organizational components designed specific to health care systems. After documenting the above, students will discuss and defend their project orally.
Equivalent(s): HLTC 850G
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
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- Analyze the organizational, economic, political, and legal components of health care delivery systems.
- Evaluate ethical issues relevant to the policies, practices, and management of health care systems.
- Synthesize and integrate knowledge of current health care management policies, practices, and theory.
- Develop and communicate design solutions that guide a community of interest within health care to change and adapt to future challenges.
- Apply functional knowledge of financial management within the health care setting.
- Plan and formulate a solution to an identified need within a health care setting that includes recommendation(s).