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Quality of Medical Care
Location
Internet
Term
1st Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Introduction to Online learning
Introduces quality issues, including the extent to which customary care for specific health problems improves quality of life and reduces mortality, and quality assessment and assurance performed by caregivers, professional societies, government-sponsored professional review organizations, and government and other third party organizations who pay for care. Provides a basis to judge the effectiveness of quality assessment and assurance activities and to begin to develop programs.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe a framework for analyzing and improving the quality of medical care
- Explain how to assess quality of care for a medical condition, including: -Relative advantages/disadvantages of measuring structure, process, outcome -Different assessment methods and need for risk adjustment -Advantages and methods for assessing patie
- Describe the fundamental elements of quality assurance in the United States
- Discuss how to develop a workable quality improvement and evaluation plan, including: -Theoretical framework -Quality assessment -Evaluating assessment results and developing goals for improvement -Changing individual health professionals’ behavior
Enrollment Restriction
Restricted to graduate students