HCA422 Healthcare Emergency Management
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: This course will enable students to become familiar with, and acquire the skill and knowledge base necessary for, healthcare administrators in a crisis situation. This will include crisis situations that are epidemiological in origin as well as situations that are externally originated. The topics will include, but not be limited to, determination of priorities, availability and management of resources, and communication issues.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
RAD420 Healthcare Delivery Systems
College of Health Science Medical Radiography Department
Course Description: This course will focus on the structure, operations, and outcomes associated with the United States' healthcare system and radiology’s role within that system.Students will learn how to assess a healthcare entity’s payer mix and expenditures in relation to the cost of services; identify key benchmarks in the development of the healthcare system; locate and read sources of research and monitoring of the healthcare system; and, evaluate the impact of existing legislation on the healthcare system.health care system, understand policy formation and implementation, and access sources of research and monitoring in healthcare delivery.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: RAD400
Corequisites: None
HCA420 Healthcare Delivery Systems
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: This course will focus on the structure, operations, and outcomes associated with the U.S. Healthcare System. Students will learn to assess the appropriateness of a healthcare entity’s payer mix and expenditures and their impact on the cost of healthcare. Benchmark developments that contributed to the evolution of the U.S. Healthcare System will be addressed, and students will evaluate the impact of existing legislation. Healthcare System.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
MHI615 Healthcare Analytic Tools
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: This course explores how health care facilities generate and capture data, with an emphasis on data collection for quality improvement that focuses on the skills of data organization and the evaluation of the process, performance, and relationships included in the health record and other data sources related to health.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
HCA480 Healthcare Administration Externship II
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: The focus of this course is on participating in an externship experience within healthcare organizations. This course will provide linkage between the theoretical concepts gained in the classroom to practical application in the study of healthcare administration. This course will allow students to gain a sound understanding of the industry and the position of leadership within the industry as they experience the working environment.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: All required courses except HCA450 and HCA490
Corequisites: None
HCA320 Healthcare Administration Externship I
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: The focus of this course is on participating in an externship experience within healthcare organizations. This course will provide linkage between the theoretical concepts gained in the classroom to practical application in the study of healthcare administration. This course will allow students to gain a sound understanding of the industry and the position of leadership within the industry as they experience the working environment.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: HCA300, HCA305, HCA310, HCA330
Corequisites: None
HCA310 Healthcare Administration Ethics
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: This course is designed to present an overview of ethical issues that face the healthcare administrator in today's ever-changing world of healthcare. Areas of broad ethical concern will be highlighted, as well as means of relating to others in the healthcare field, community members, families, and patients. The student will be prepared to discriminate between personal ethical decisions and professional ethical decisions.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
HCA490 Healthcare Administration Capstone
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: The focus of this course is for the Healthcare Administration students to synthesize their learning experiences by building a professional portfolio that supports achievement of the program outcomes.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: All required courses except HCA320, HCA450, and HCA480
Corequisites: None
HCA300 Healthcare Administration and Regulation
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: The focus of this course is to present the scope and practice of healthcare administration. This course covers Assigned readings will include the marketing, operations, financial and human resources management as well as effective communication strategies involved in healthcare administration. The scope of the regulatory environment in healthcare administration includes The Joint Commission (formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the American Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Federal and State Regulations.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
HCA400 Health Information Systems
College of Health Science Healthcare Administration Department
Course Description: This course is designed to explore the use of information systems in healthcare settings. Students will be introduced to the information systems and their applications in healthcare. Students will learn the history of health information systems, the uses of the electronic medical record, legal and ethical issues pertaining to electronic files, data management and use, information systems life cycle, and current and future healthcare technologies, applications, and security solutions.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None