HCAD - Health Care Administration

Students in this course will assess the impact of healthcare trends and issues on the organization's people, performance and policies, evaluate programs for strategic alignment with current trends and issues, and distinguish the various types of healthcare systems. Students will evaluate the various organizations that provide professional development, peer support, and continuing education, and determine present healthcare issues through research using scholarly sources. A Christian worldview of the ethical obligations of healthcare providers and institutions will be integrated and communicated throughout the course.

Students in this course will analyze governance structures and performance outcomes for alignment with mission, vision, values, and goals and select the appropriate legal structure for specific healthcare organizations. Students will analyze the policies, marketplace dynamics, and standards of the healthcare industry on organizational governance and structures, assess the influence of governance systems on human resource policies, and design personnel structures in relationship to the governing body and facility operations. The roles, responsibilities, and relationships among executive management and the governing body will be evaluated from a biblical worldview.

Students in this course will evaluate investment opportunities using various measurements of financial risks and rates of return, determine appropriate financing options for capital acquisitions, and create strategic financing plans for projects using capital budgeting and risk analysis techniques. Students will assess third party payer systems and reimbursement methods, analyze cost measurement and allocation processes, and determine the organization's financial condition and potential for the future. A biblical worldview will be integrated throughout the course.

Students in this course will evaluate the political and legal process through which public health problems are addressed, assess the role of culture and patient choice in the creation of health policies, and analyze the financing and policies of long-term care for the aged and disabled. Students will design policies based on scholarly research methods that address community and national health needs in the context of economic health and stewardship. A biblical worldview will be integrated into ethical and professional principles throughout the course.

Students in this course will assess an organization's technology security systems in view of HIPPA and governmental policies, evaluate technology trends and clinical applications to determine the potential problems and opportunities for the organization, and recommend health information systems in order to meet organizational objectives. Students will develop crisis management and technology lifecycle implementation plans. A biblical worldview will be integrated throughout the course.

Students in this course will evaluate the factors in the healthcare environment that impact strategy, integrate the functions of a healthcare organization into a strategic development framework that creates value, and develop strategies that promote a culture of innovation, change, and continuous improvement resulting in sustainable organizational success. Students will apply critical thinking to the analysis and evaluation of healthcare from a strategic and biblical perspective, evaluate the role of ethics, faith, and social responsibility in creating value for stakeholders, and formulate operational strategies that promote continuous performance and process improvements.

This course presents opportunities for students to demonstrate an integrated understanding of best practice healthcare administration policies and principles, as well as biblical and ethical standards. Students will complete a previously approved project that involves a healthcare product, service, or organizational unit as the focus for revising policy, procedure, or practice. Working in close consultation with the course instructor, students will formulate and defend a plan of action for the identified policy, procedure, or practice and prepare a formal presentation of the completed project. Prerequisite: successful completion of all core courses

In this course, students will evaluate new applications of healthcare administration knowledge in the global workplace, design solutions to healthcare administration problems using new applications of theory or changes in present standards, and synthesize virtuous health strategies to complement government and payer priorities that have an impact on the social determinants of health. Students will create solutions to population health issues across the continuum of care and integrate a virtuous worldview in both their personal and professional lives.

Students who have completed this course will be able to evaluate new approaches in healthcare law, governance, and ethics in the global workplace, design solutions to healthcare administration problems using new applications of theory or changes in present standards, and critique the legal, ethical, and governance issues faced by healthcare organizations. Students will integrate a worldview of bioethical risk management considerations in healthcare administration that is in alignment with the Virtuous Business Model and integrate healthcare law and policy into virtuous strategic decision-making.

In this course, students will evaluate new applications of healthcare innovation, informatics, and change management theory in the global workplace, design solutions to healthcare administration problems using new applications of theory or changes in present practice, and synthesize informatics leadership models that promote innovation in the healthcare industry. Students will design processes which utilize data and ethical analysis to formulate virtuous health administration change and will integrate a virtuous worldview in both their personal and professional lives.

In this course, students will evaluate new applications of healthcare administration strategic planning and organizational development theory in the global workplace. Students will design solutions to healthcare administration problems using new applications of theory or changes in present standards. Students will design new business approaches that include the assumption of risk and changing payment structures. Students will formulate transformational change strategies to the evolving healthcare environment and integrate the Virtuous Business Model into their personal and professional lives.

This is the culminating course of the DBA program in which students will defend their doctoral project. Students will integrate forward-thinking virtuous leadership concepts into global team-based business practice, create ethical change management solutions and strategies for complex business problems, and design solutions to healthcare administration problems using new applications of theory or changes in current healthcare practices. Students will synthesize research in education, consulting, or business leadership into their doctoral-level practice to create new healthcare administration knowledge for application in the global workplace. Students will integrate a virtuous worldview into both their personal and professional lives. Prerequisite: Completion of all other required courses.