51 courses with the subject HSAD, 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.
This course addresses introductory concepts and basic issues in health-care ethics. The topics include but are not limited to decision-making, professionalism and advocacy, confidentiality, truth-telling and informed consent.
This course prepares students for career development by presenting various career options in health management introducing various methods of self-assessment and allowing students to learn about how to find a mentor, interview for a job and learn about the various career options in health management, the various professional organizations dedicated to health management careers, and the networking opportunities linked to those organizations.
This is an introductory course covering physician practice management. It will focus on the historical development of the physician practice within the United States, relevant key management concepts—organizational structure and governance, strategic planning, marketing, finance/operations, human resources, quality, and information systems, for example—as well as related future trends.
This course surveys the major theories, political strategies, historical events, cultural critiques/interventions and policy goals of the Disability Rights Movement in the United States.
Obtaining adequate health care is a critical issue for many older adults; providing it is a significant societal challenge. Our society, as many others, has developed legislative and other social policies to address the increased frailty, both physical and/or cognitive, and the corresponding needs which accompany age. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of how legal institutions (legislatures and courts) have responded to these needs for the ostensible protection of older adults. The instruments that these legal institutions have developed will be examined as their purposes, effectiveness, desirability, costs (economic and otherwise), and possible alternatives will be evaluated.
This course provides an overview of current practical issues related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act including issues faced by providers and employers; effects of the law on public health and politics; and funding and legal issues related to the Affordable Care Act.
This course builds on the foundation provided in Health Care Ethics and discusses such issues as chronic care, end of life, beginning of life, distributive justice and the right to health care.
The course is designed to assist the student in understanding and preparing for the unique challenges presented to managers in a health services administration career. History and current milieu of U.S. health care are considered, as well as the ever changing infrastructure of the health-services industry.
This course examines a broad overview of the ongoing development of health-care policies, availability, and philosophy in a cross-section of countries by means of detailed case studies to examine both common and unique challenges and solutions, as well as global responses, to crises, such as plagues, epidemics, and natural disasters.
This course will cover the evolution of health care in the U.S. from pre-colonial times to the present by discussing improvements in treatment institutions, modalities, philosophies and access to care, as well as the impact of major events in history on health-care discoveries on the delivery and administration of health services in the United States.
This course explores essential aspects of aging and provides a multidisciplinary perspective on global aging. It provides an important context for understanding the global patterns of aging around the world, including the demographic and epidemiological patterns. The course emphasizes how these changes have affected the support and services for those over 60 around the world. International efforts to address the emerging global opportunities and challenges related to population aging will also be discussed.The course will cover specific programs and patterns in specific countries.
This course focuses on the role, responsibilities, scope of practice, and special concerns of health-care providers and their disciplines. The concept of interdisciplinary health-care practice is examined, along with basic concepts of teamwork and team formation.
Living in a pluralistic society poses many challenges and opportunities. This course examines the impact of cultural upon health-care decision. Concepts such as "health," "illness," "culture," "ethnicity," will be analyzed. Traditional and alternative approaches to the delivery of health care will be addressed.
Addresses the impact of a person's religious beliefs on the need for and delivery of health care. Specific issues will be discussed.
Vulnerable populations, those with special needs for care or barriers to access care, have a significant impact upon health care, both in terms of concepts of justice and in systems of delivery. This course will look at the just distribution of health care through the eyes of various distinct vulnerable populations.
This course explores women's early and controversial roles as health-care providers, the influence of government on women, and key contributions by women in the health professions.
This course provides the student an opportunity to survey the major concepts and operational considerations of the provision of health-care services in a managed-care environment. The regulatory landscape as well as the physician/patient relationship is considered as a key to understanding the managed health care environment.
An introduction to the basic principles of human-resource management and their practical application in today's complex health-care organization. This course examines the role of human resources as a strategic partner within the organization.
Provides an overview of the major laws affecting health-care professionals and examines the current legal climate in health care.
This course covers organization, administrative of long term care services and post-acute services addressing the needs of the elderly and disabled populations. Long term care and post-acute care involves a description of the continuum of care, the types of providers and the range of services including nursing facilities, assisted living, housing, community-based services, and informal care giving. Also covered are the issues affecting integration across the continuum.
Developments in health care technology challenge many of our common assumptions about basic concepts such as health, disease, and normality. This course encourages students to consider some of the issues raised by changing health technology.
This course provides the student with the opportunity to analyze management problems that are of current importance in today's health-care industry on a national and international level.
Details the development of medicine from the late nineteenth century to the present in view of the corresponding rise of interest in a holistic approach to health care by means of alternative and complementary medicine in relation to traditional medical practices.
Addresses health service as a collaborative venture identifying the primary stakeholders and partners in the administration of health care including clinicians, administrators, institutions, industry, private and governmental agencies, and the patient. In addition, practical strategies for developing effective partnerships are explored.
Examines the administration of health services and special needs to different subpopulations classified according to gender, ethnicity, race, weight (the obese), and sexual orientation.
Much of the public's perception of issues in health care comes from the media (newspapers, magazines, television, film, advertising, the internet). The course explores the interactive relationship between health care and the media in presenting information to the public.
Emphasizes basic financial management theory related to the health-care industry, as well as accounting practices for health-care organizations.
Provides an overview of the not-for-profit and advocacy sector of health care, explores business fundamentals and current models, selects a health topic, assesses the market, and assists students in developing their own not-for-profit and/or advocacy business.
Provides a comprehensive review of marketing's role in the health-care field by examining the history of health-care marketing, the contributions of marketing to the strategic objectives of health-care organizations, and the effects of marketing on public relations and the consumer.
This course provides the opportunity to examine topics relevant to health and illness as depicted in the arts - primarily literature, film, and painting as well as other arts forms where appropriate.
In this course, students will learn forms and uses of traditional management functions - plan, direct, monitor, evaluate - as well as contemporary functions that are used in an array of health care services organizations. Students match skills and competencies within the respective domains of health services management.
This course provides an introduction to the development and implications of U.S. health-care policy, including key governmental and non-governmental participants and the political process.
Using an ecological model to analyze the special needs and issues in urban health care, students will examine the people, place, and politics of an urban area to assess the delivery and quality of health care and will complete an analysis of a real and current urban health-care-delivery problem, including solutions.
Quality Improvement (QI) is a critical component of the health-care-delivery system in the United States. Because errors and reliability issues have major implications, standards and measures are imperative to ensure consistency and safety. As such, this course examines existing programs in place and best-industry practices.
This course discusses issues in management and leadership in a health-care-administration setting by focusing on alternative organizational structures and the managerial role in these structures, as well as exploring managerial and leadership roles in specific health organizations and project management.
This course is an introduction to risk management in health care. It describes the roles of a risk manager and the risks associated with various health care settings. Regulatory, contractual and medical malpractice exposures are discussed and techniques for controlling and preventing loss are evaluated. Students prepare a risk management plan for a healthcare organization.
This course will focus on a range of issue facing the health-services industry in providing care to children with the goal of better understanding and meeting the special needs and challenges from both a direct care and systematic point of view.
This course analyzes various films with themes and stories related to health and illness in view of conceptual theories on health and illness and conceptual elements of film as a representational medium.
This course focuses on one aspect of the role of health care management professionals: the ethical dimension. The course combines an understanding of ethical theory with the practical application of ethical principles to management issues that arise in the health care arena. Discussions will be guided by cases drawn from real work experiences.
The mentally ill and those who treat them are continually concerned about the portrayals of mental illness in the media and arts. Its often sensationalized and stigmatized image places an extra societal burden on the mentally ill and can lead to attempts to hide their illness rather than seek treatment. This course examines mental illness’s social constructs, their sources, and effects.
This course discusses ethical issues concerning human reproduction. The issues span contraception, abortion, assisted reproductive technologies, parenthood, and balancing fetal and maternal interests. Focus is placed on the variety of perspectives on these issues and underlying values.
This course is designed to familiarize students with some of the ethical issues involved in health-care research. These issues include, but are not limited to, responsible authorship, use of human subjects, use of animals, defining and handling scientific misconduct, confidentiality, and conflicts of interest.
This is an introductory course into Health Information Systems. The course will cover a wide range of healthcare information technology topics including management, governance, regulatory compliance and how to align with information technology. There is a growing trend and need for healthcare providers to align their practices with information technology in order to achieve the common goal of quality patient care while ensuring government and regulatory mandates are met. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand and apply the concepts discussed in class within their respective work places. We will relate the course materials to active cases to bring real life experience into the classroom. This course will focus on the partnership between technology and healthcare.
This course explores the operations and management of project activities in public health and healthcare settings care by employing proven techniques, tools, and methods that a team leader or administrator could use. Management skills are essential to the success of any health project or activity, or in any industry. The specific challenges inherent in the health environment require an understanding of the dynamics of project progression from conception and development, through implementation and attainment, to final closure, particularly within the context of the continually changing and evolving climate in the health field.
Through a series of live actor simulations, students are placed in a realistic healthcare leadership environment where they will function in teams to analyze and offer solutions for complex organizational issues.
This course will examine changing assumptions, attitudes and ideas about behavior variously labeled madness, insanity, or mental illness; the development of professions, treatments, institutions and policies dealing with it; and the changing experiences of those afflicted.
This is an introductory course in the privacy and security of health information in health care organizations. The course covers a wide range of healthcare Privacy & Security topics including Privacy and Security policies and procedures, regulatory requirements, Security Audit controls, selection of Security Framework and others. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand and apply the concepts such as security and privacy discussed in class within healthcare organizations. We will relate the course materials to active cases to bring real life experience into the classroom.
This course focuses on the basic concepts of team formation and development, successful teamwork, and the importance of inter-professional teamwork and collaboration in today’s healthcare environment. Selected professions on the healthcare team will be examined. Consideration will be given to the responsibilities, scope of practice, and special concerns of each discipline.
This course follows HSAD 330, Financial Management in Health Care and emphasizes the use of basic financial and accounting practices learned previously for the completion of 10 detailed Case Studies.
This Intensive Course Abroad provides students the opportunity to explore global aging in the context of a specific country chosen for this term. Students will recognize significant patterns in demography throughout the world. They will apply methods of epidemiology and place the country in the context of global trends. After learning key historical events and figures affecting the current society, students will describe the placement of this country in the context of global demographic trends. Students will visit the host country, visit various sites significant for the aging population and will report on particular programs or interventions.
This course looks at dementia from interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives to consider the ways that research, policy and the experience of patients and caregivers are entangled with society and culture. The course will be of particular interest to students pursuing health-related careers, but it is open and accessible to students in any major who are interested in a deeper understanding of dementia and aging.
Source: Drexel University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
