13 courses with the subject MHA-FPX, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MHA-FPX5001Foundations of Master’s Studies in Healthcare Administration
This course prepares students for master's-level coursework in the School of Business, Technology, and Health Care Administration. Students analyze how the role of the practitioner-scholar informs and guides the examination of attributes and skills that contribute to effective and ethical healthcare leadership, including but not limited to professional collaboration, communication, and decision making. Must be taken during the student’s first quarter. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
Students in this course gain knowledge of and apply financial management concepts, principles, and processes used in healthcare organizations. Students examine accounting, financial statements and ratios, budgeting, capitalization, cost allocation, reimbursement methodologies and processes, and the impact of varying reimbursement structures on healthcare practice and service delivery. Students also design, prepare, and manage healthcare budgets; analyze short- and long-term healthcare investment decisions; and articulate the ways effective healthcare finance and accounting processes are used to present operational and strategic financial information to organizational stakeholders.
In this course, students examine strategic orientation, planning, and decision making in healthcare organizations and environments. Students analyze the political, legal, regulatory, organizational, demographical, and multinational implications of strategic planning decisions and how those decisions impact communities and populations, define best practices for healthcare organization staff development, and balance the prioritization of organizational and regulatory needs with feasible cost-effective solutions. Students also develop a long-term strategic healthcare plan that includes information on human resource requirements, technology needs, and financial implications.
MHA-FPX5012Organizational Leadership and Governance
Students in this course examine and articulate the fundamental concepts and principles of healthcare organization management and leadership, including governance, cost-effective decision making, and managing and leading stakeholders and staff. Students identify best practices for mobilizing, managing, and improving employee, organization, stakeholder, and community commitment and for creating employee-centered organizations that foster professional and organizational accountability. Students also analyze an organizational leadership structure and governance plan and examine how to apply team leadership skills to initiate change.
MHA-FPX5014Healthcare Quality, Risk, and Regulatory Compliance
Students investigate concepts, principles, processes, and issues associated with healthcare quality, risk, and regulatory compliance. Students examine performance measures associated with all of these factors to conduct a cost-benefit analysis. Students analyze formal and informal designs for process improvement to develop an organizational value-based proposal.
MHA-FPX5016Introduction to Health Information Systems
Students develop the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use health information systems and technology in healthcare organizations and environments. Students differentiate between administrative, clinical, management, and decision-support information technology tools; design and evaluate short-and long-term IT management projects; and analyze the budgetary and financial concerns associated with implementing IT management projects. Students also demonstrate best practices and industry standards of health information systems management into professional practice, with an emphasis on effective staff management and organizational performance.
Students in this course gain and apply an understanding of how data drives decision making at every level of healthcare administration, including in value-based reimbursement as well as operations and outcomes. Students identify ways to use data analysis tools and techniques in the pursuit of value, quality, and safety. Throughout the course, students use readings, media presentations, and real-world examples to analyze a particular foundational statistical concept and related practical application.
In this course, students demonstrate proficiency in their specialization area by selecting a healthcare problem in their specific area of interest, conducting a data analysis, and finally, proposing evidence-based recommendations for resolution. Throughout the course, students practice three key industry-identified competency groups' transformation, execution, and people. For MHA students only. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
MHA-FPX5028Comparative Models of Global Health Systems
In this course, students identify, analyze, and compare world health care systems and the challenges associated with them. Students also demonstrate knowledge of the costs and benefits of implementing and measuring quality improvement programs intended to address community and global health system needs.
Students investigate evidence-based approaches to change leadership, process management, and organizational design in complex, dynamic healthcare environments. Students apply analytical and innovative thinking to complex problems related to guiding change by using knowledge of theory and past trends to develop effective solutions. Students assess their own ability to manage change and identify stretch goals for their future development in change leadership.
MHA-FPX5042Team Development and Personal Leadership in Health Care Settings
In this course, students receive personalized coaching and apply coaching techniques in a real world setting. Students demonstrate their knowledge of talent development, team leadership, professionalism, and interpersonal understanding in health care organizations. Students also evaluate their own leadership skills through introspective investigation, reflection, and coaching, and then use these skills to construct their own personal leadership plan.
MHA-FPX5064Health Information Systems Analysis and Design for Administrators
Students examine the many aspects of health information systems, including project management, data, and database concepts as components of systems analysis and design. Students evaluate, analyze, and classify various systems in order to gain a better understanding of their inner workings. Students also research and apply current trends in health informatics.
MHA-FPX5068Leadership, Management, and Meaningful Use of Healthcare Technology
Students analyze leadership and management principles essential to health informatics, with an emphasis on the significance of patient data safeguards, privacy, and data security. Participants explore the integration of information technology with clinical operations, ensuring not only the meaningful use of health technology but also its role in secure and effective organizational communications. Moreover, students pinpoint and articulate ethical and legal policies and procedures for end users, emphasizing the paramount importance of patient data protection and confidentiality.
