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Click on the name of an online course offered at University of Phoenix to view the detailed information; you can also find out about the college or university offering the course by clicking on "School's Profile". |
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Health Care Economics (HCS 552) |
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Economics |
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This course focuses on the application of macro and micro economic tools to the health care industry. Content includes demand management; concepts of efficiency, production and distribution of health care services; impact of regulation and reimbursement; and economic incentives in health care. Students apply principles to a variety of business models. |
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Health Care Economics (DHA 721) |
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Economics |
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This course focuses on the application of economic theory to the amount, organization, and distribution of health care services in the United States. Students will apply principles such as supply and demand, margin analysis, and cost effectiveness analysis. Students will discuss issues and controversies surrounding the government?s role in financing and regulating health services. |
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Health Care Finance (HCS 582) |
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Healthcare |
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This course presents the concepts of financial accounting important to the understanding of the financial environment of the health care industry. Students interpret financial statements, prepare analyses of financial data necessary to make decisions, describe the different third party payment methods, experiment with cost finding and price setting, and conduct break-even analyses. The course provides students with experience in capital and operating budgets, financial forecasts, and business plan preparation. Students will be expected to expand their utilization of spreadsheet applications. |
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Health Care Finance (HCS 579) |
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Healthcare |
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This course is devoted to practical aspects of finance in health care, examination of recent developments in financial management of health care organizations, and applications of financial management techniques to specific problems facing health care managers. Topics will include 1) health care economics 2) contract negotiation 3) reimbursement methods 4) managed care 5) resource allocation 6) resource management. |
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Health Care Financial Accounting (HCS 405) |
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This course provides an understanding of the general principles of accounting applied in the health care environment. It includes an overview of sources of revenue for various health care entities. The Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) system of service classification and its relation to payment for providers and organizations are also examined. The fundamentals of strategic planning, cost concepts, and capital budgeting are applied in the health care environment. Issues surrounding the development and management of budgets are examined. |
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Health Care Infrastructure (HCS 521) |
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Healthcare |
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This course will be a discussion of the fundamentals of decision-making and legislative issues and their impact on health care systems in our society. Through the filter of politics, policy, regulatory environments and economics, students will critically analyze topics as applied to health-care providers and organizations. It will include an examination of the following current areas: 1) evolution to current delivery systems 2) economic theory, principles, and analytical tools 3) legislative and regulatory influences on the health care system 4) the policy process 5) shaping public policy in health care 6) alternative health care and changing social culture and 7) health care reform and future trends. |
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Health Care Infrastructure (HCS 520) |
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Healthcare |
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Central concepts related to health care regulation, economics, and politics are analyzed. Students interpret the impact of legal and regulatory requirements on the process of decision making in health care. The role of economics in driving health care reform and use of alternative health care systems is critically evaluated. |
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Health Care Marketing (DHA 714) |
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Survival of health care institutions is primarily dependent on how well marketing succeeds at acquiring market share. This course examines key marketing concepts within the health care industry. Students will examine the financial success of health care institutions from a market share perspective including pricing, promotion, and distribution of services. |
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Health Care Organizations (HCS 530) |
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This course is a comprehensive approach to health care organizations and systems that provide the student with an in-depth understanding of health organizations. Topics include the evolution of health care delivery organization during a time of financial and regulatory stress, the impact of the evolving consumer movement, and managing efficient and effective organizational structures. |
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Health Care Policy: The Past and the Future (HCS 455) |
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This course will introduce the student to the intricate processes that public policymakers use to influence the health status of a society. The role of economic theory, interest groups, and the various levels of government involved in policymaking will be examined. A historic review of trends will be evaluated, and the challenges of future health care delivery will be examined. |
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Health Care Quality Management and Outcomes Analysis (HCS 451) |
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This course examines the relationships between health care quality and organizational performance management. The student is introduced to the rationale for performance management and the role of the governing body of the health care organization in ensuring compliance with the standards of regulatory and accreditation organizations. Methods for assuring quality in process and outcome management are described, as well as the significance and statistical application of measuring outcomes. Various health care customers are identified. Changing trends in the provision and reimbursement of health care services are reviewed. |
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Health Care Strategic Management (HCS 586) |
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This is the capstone course for the MBA/HCM and MHA degree programs. The development and presentation of health care organization's strategic plan will demonstrate mastery of the critical content of the MBA program as the principles relate to the healthcare industry. Special emphasis is placed upon consumer demand, market volatility, regulatory and fiscal constraints from the perspective of strategic management. The learner will demonstrate understanding of the critical importance of strategic management and planning within the dynamic, complex, and evolving nature of the health care industry. |
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Human Factors In Technology (TEC 401) |
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E-Commerce & E-Business |
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This course provides an understanding of the effective integration of technology to improve organizational performance. Students will learn how to evaluate strategies for utilizing technology to support personal and organizational growth. Additionally, students will examine the increasing influence of e-commerce on the role of managers in the workforce. Impacts of the effective integration of technology upon customer relationships are also explored. |
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Human Motivation (PSY 320) |
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This course examines the major issues and organizing principles that delineate the topic of motivation. Various theories will be assessed to understand motivation and analyze diverse motivation systems in terms of their primary components of biological, learned, and cognitive behavior. |
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Human Nutrition (SCI 220) |
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This course provides an overview of nutritional concepts as related to therapeutic dietary planning, including the physiological and sociocultural aspects of human nutrition. Students analyze and plan diets. |
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Human Relations and Organizational Behavior (ORG 502) |
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Business |
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Human Relations and Organizational Behavior
This course examines the human relations theory and practice through individual, group, and organizational performance. Topics include perspectives on organizational behavior, optimizing individual performance, leadership and power, organizational design and structure, dynamics and change, and improving organizational effectiveness. |
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Human Relations And Organizational Behavior In Education (EDA 532) |
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Business |
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This course examines human relations and organizational behavior concepts, strategies, and theories from the public and business sectors, and applies them to the educational realm. The key processes of conflict resolution and organizational change are explored, along with how they influence educational organizations in the areas of leadership communication, problem solving, and multicultural issues. |
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Human Resource Management (DHA 713) |
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Healthcare |
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Understanding the complexity of managing the vast resources needed to deliver quality health care is essential. Although human resources comprise the majority of needed assets, other resources include facilities and industry suppliers. This course will examine how these resources are interwoven and need to be successfully managed. The course is a combination of theoretical and practical approaches for resource management. |
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Human Resources Capstone Course (HRM 590) |
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Human Services |
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This is an integrative course and the capstone for the MBA/HRM program. The outcome is for students to develop business solutions to human resources problems that draw on a range of skills from the individual courses preceding it. Students will also define and solve a human resources problem of their own choosing. |
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Human Resources Management (MGT 431) |
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Business |
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This course focuses on the strategic role of human resource management, personnel planning and job analysis, personnel selection, performance appraisal, compensation, training, and development from the vantage point of the manager. |
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