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Students in this course will distinguish managerial concepts and practices as they apply to a variety of healthcare organizations, compare and contrast governance, strategy, structure, firm conduct, and performance across different types of health organizations (hospitals, clinics, physician practices, long term care, etc.), and create a culture of continuous improvement. Students will demonstrate leadership that creates a vision for all organizational stakeholders and integrate managerial principles to resolve problems and opportunities and achieve efficient and effective operation. The course will focus on synthesizing leadership and managerial skills necessary for change management implementation while integrating a biblical framework into managerial decision-making.

Students in this course will establish biblically consistent policies and procedures that respect human dignity and patient wishes in end of life situations, ethically prioritize decisions concerning patients receiving scarce or expensive medical procedures, and evaluate medical information security for compliance with ethical and legal standards. Students will integrate a biblical perspective into policies and procedures that guide medical research, experimentation, and healthcare delivery. Students will design networks that support effective and ethical patient-provider relationships.

Students in this course will explain information technology as a transformational science in healthcare, compare and contrast the functions of business management systems and health information technology in healthcare organizations, and summarize the importance of controlled vocabulary in health information management. Students will identify risks associated with the privacy and security of health information, apply principles of knowledge management to the clinical decision support process, and model virtuous business concepts in the management of health information and technology.

Students in this course will analyze leadership, governance structures, and performance outcomes for alignment with mission, vision, values, and goals. Students will determine the required changes in management processes resulting from changing regulatory policies, marketplace dynamics, and standards of the healthcare industry. Students will assess how personnel structures, systems, and technology influence high reliability healthcare providers, recognize the influence of governance systems and legal structures, and evaluate a culture of safety and reliability for appropriateness. The roles, responsibilities, and relationships among executive management and the governing body will be evaluated from a biblical worldview.