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Students in this course will examine managerial concepts and practices as they apply to the healthcare industry. They will learn the importance of developing a culture of continuous improvement, emotional intelligence, and the leadership behaviors that create a vision for stakeholders. Change management and requirements for effective and efficient operations are also discussed. Students will integrate virtuous business concepts into managerial decision-making in healthcare organizations.

This is an introductory course designed to present a broad overview of the U.S. health care delivery system. It examines the organization, functions, and roles of the system. The content explores the historical evolution of the system, including the role of inpatient, outpatient, and long-term care services, and effects of external factors on the healthcare delivery structure. The influence of government and public health is discussed.

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 apply the Pillars of Excellence model (quality/safety, finance, growth, patient experience, and workforce engagement) to leadership and governance of highly reliable healthcare organizations. Students will assess governance structures and performance outcomes for alignment with mission, vision, values, and goals. The impact of changing regulatory policies and marketplace dynamics on healthcare organizational governance and structures is discussed. Students will examine the influence of legal structures on governance systems and organizational design. The relationships between governing bodies, facility operations, and executive management are explored. Students will apply concepts of the Virtuous Business Model to the governance of highly reliable healthcare organizations.

This course examines contemporary ethical and legal issues encountered by professionals in the healthcare environment. Concepts and principles of law, health law, public health, and risk management will be covered. Critical thinking skills are developed by examining ethical implications of healthcare regulations and policy. Issues addressed include government regulation of healthcare fraud and abuse, informed consent, negligence, and malpractice. In addition, constitutional issues, patient rights and responsibility, legal reporting requirements, and health information and privacy will be presented. Issues are examined through a virtuous business framework.

This course explores human resource management and issues experienced by leaders in the healthcare setting. Students will examine the basic functions of human resources, including: recruitment and retention, training and development, the cost of turnover, and credentialing and privileging as they relate to clinical, administrative, and paraprofessional employees in healthcare organizations. Cultural competence and diversity, as well as the role of outside factors, such as state regulatory bodies, unions, and other stakeholders are discussed. Application of virtuous business principles to the management of human resource functions in healthcare organizations is modeled.