Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Administration

In this course, students will examine different healthcare system models with emphasis on the U.S. health care delivery system in the following areas: population health, trends in health services access and utilization, structure, financing, system resources, and organization and delivery of services. Students will explore, discuss and analyze current and emerging issues such as increased competition, increased costs, the role of the public and private sector in healthcare administration, and healthcare reform initiatives.

This course provides an overview of legal, regulatory, and ethical issues in healthcare. Topics include patients’ rights, privacy, confidentiality, torts, contract law, corporate liability, medical malpractice, antitrust, fraud and abuse, and ethics in healthcare delivery. Students learn to apply legal and ethical considerations in decision-making as a healthcare administrator by analyzing and resolving real-life situations and theoretical scenarios.

This course examines the use and implementation of health information systems, technologies, and analytic methods to enhance patient care delivery and population health. This includes the basic structure and function of information retrieval, electronic health records, physician order entry, telemedicine, business intelligence, and decision support. It also discusses the evolution of Big Data and how it is revolutionizing the healthcare industry.

This course gives students an overview of the healthcare system from an economic perspective. Students learn the basic health economic principles and techniques that managers need to strengthen their decision-making at work. Students will understand the dynamic between patients, healthcare organizations, insurance companies and the government, their influence on healthcare expenditures, and what makes health and its market in the US unique from other industries.

This course focuses on the principles of healthcare quality management, patient safety, continuous quality improvement, Lean Six Sigma and accreditation standards. The course focuses primarily on the practical application of systems, and teaches the student how to measure, assess, and improve organizational performance to ensure high quality care and patient satisfaction outcomes.