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Managing Health Services Organizations
Location
Beijing, China
Term
1st Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2018 - 2019
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Friday, September 14, 2018
End Date
Monday, September 17, 2018
M, F, Sa, Su, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Mark Bittle
Contact Email
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Examines the health care environment and its organizational implications. Presents a framework for understanding and managing health services and health sector organizations. Explores the application of managerial leadership skills to influence people and institutions. Discusses how to manage resources within a framework of principles, people, processes and organizational design. Addresses strategic and organizational management, management and performance improvement tools, and management roles and functions.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the complexities and challenges of managing health services organizations
- Analyze health service organizations and their functions in order to facilitate change and performance improvement
- Describe the fundamental elements and benefits of service lines in health care as a means to efficiently organize and effectively deliver health care services.
- Evaluate the impact of organizational structures and managerial roles and expectations of managers on performance in health care organizations.
- Evaluate the managerial and technical challenges of managing health care organizations under accountable care or population health management settings. Explain the essentials of public health practice to identifying determinants of population health that impact health outcomes in a community and design low cost interventions.
- Apply management tools and processes to performance improvement opportunities
- Apply management theories and tools to the analysis of a current health care organizational issues
- Work collaboratively on a team assignment
Enrollment Restriction
Enrollment restricted to DrPH/pt students in the Tsinghua cohort
Jointly Offered With
This course will be offered over a 4 day period in Beijing China at Tsinghua University. Students are required to complete readings and take several short quizzes on content comprehension prior to the start of class. Final case analysis will be due at the conclusion of 1st term on October 26, 2018.