312.604.11
Quantitative Tools for Managers

Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, June 3, 2019
End Date
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, 8:30am - 4:50pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
K.H. Ken Lee
Contact Name
Pamela Davis
Contact Email
Pamela.Davis@jhu.edu
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Next Offered
Only offered in 2019
Prerequisite

Intermediate level of Excel competence

Description
Examines how information processing power can be applied to increase quality and decrease cost in healthcare. Emphasizes the importance of understanding analytics as a healthcare manager. Focuses on five themes related to managing a healthcare organization: finance, quality, market, operations, and utilization. Reviews theories such as data formats, database structures, and analysis methods. Explains how data is collected, prepared, and applied to make a positive impact. Real world examples provided during each session so that students can use the lecture materials to solve problems. Develops future healthcare leaders who can understand the details as well as think critically beyond the data.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Utilize financial, market, quality, operational, and utilization data to apply in decision making
  2. Define the various data needs within healthcare and how data impacts decision making and accountability
  3. Identify the appropriate analytical tools for financial, market, quality, operational, and utilization analysis, and evaluate the analytic methods used by other students and provide feedback for improvement
  4. Explain how the application of quantitative tools and methods influences the quality and efficiency of decision making
  5. Combine various datasets in an integrated approach to demonstrate the impact on the overall organization
  6. Develop and present recommendations based on findings from hospital-based case study
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 20% In-class Exercises
  • 30% Homework
  • 30% Final Project
  • 10% Written Assignment(s)
  • 10% Attendance
Enrollment Restriction
undergraduate students are not permitted in this class
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Consent Contact
Pamela.Davis@jhu.edu
Jointly Offered With
International Health
Health Policy and Management
Special Comments

This course will be offered for 3 days in the HPM Summer Institute. Students are required to complete readings prior to the start of the course. The final assignments will be due no later than August 2, 2019. For MAC users, a parallel software that can run Windows-based programs is required