312.604.01
Quantitative Tools for Managers
Location
East Baltimore
Note: Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this
course was held in a virtual/online format.
Term
3rd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2020 - 2021
Instruction Method
TBD
Monday, 3:30 - 6:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Course Instructor(s)
Sean Evans
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Intermediate level of Excel competence
Introduces the fundamentals of data analysis; critical tools for data analysis (MS Access, MS Excel, Tableau); and practical applications in health care finance, operations, quality, and market analysis. Challenges students to synthesize data into effective storytelling through graphic presentation.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Utilize financial, market, quality, operational, and utilization data to apply in decision making
- Define the various data needs within healthcare and how data impacts decision making and accountability
- 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
- Explain how the application of quantitative tools and methods influences the quality and efficiency of decision making
- Combine various datasets in an integrated approach to demonstrate the impact on the overall organization
- Develop and present recommendations based on findings from hospital-based case study
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 50% Homework
- 30% Group Project(s)
- 20% Participation
Enrollment Restriction
undergraduate students are not permitted in this class
For MAC users, a parallel software that can run Windows-based programs is required