• GSTU 212: Man & Creativity

  3.00 Credits

  Tusculum University

  
  No course description available.
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• HCM 105: Intro to Healthcare Management

  3.00 Credits

  Tusculum University

  
  The course will provide an overview of foundational healthcare management principles and will examine organizational leadership and the role that visionary leaders play in empowering employees, providing the environments for effective work teams and setting the ethical climate. Topics include distinctive attributes of health care organizations; vision, mission, goals and strategic plans; systems thinking; organizational structure, design and effectiveness; change management; planning and management roles; motivating individuals and teams; performance evaluation; distribution of power; creation of change oriented cultures; relationship of groups and individuals within the organization; internal and external assessment and planning; organizational design and structure; human resource utilization; market assessment; governance; competitive environment and global perspectives.
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• HCM 110: Healthcare Delivery Systems

  3.00 Credits

  Tusculum University

  
  This course provides a survey of history and current structure and function of health care systems in the United States and globally, including hospitals and health networks, ambulatory care organizations, managed care organizations, long term care networks, and public health systems. The course includes an overview of organizational structures; delivery systems; public policy; role of government in regulating health services; health insurance; issues related to access to healthcare; ability to deliver health-related services, their cost and their operations within a legal framework, and personnel and financial resources integral to the delivery of care. Included are discussions of major developments such as prepaid group practice, managed care, national health insurance, planning for health care and an overview of the issues associated with these developments. Course also includes future growth and direction of the health care.
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• HCM 200: Medical Communications

  3.00 Credits

  Tusculum University

  
  This course will explore the communication process and practices to prepare managers and leaders for the communication challenges of the workplace and promote positive change in health care organizations. Students will develop and demonstrate effective, business-oriented oral and written skills. Emphasis is placed on organization and delivery of professional presentations; use of effective visual support; professional writing, presentations and interpersonal communication; preparation and presentation of reports; correspondence memoranda; medical terminology; technological communication; and executive summaries. Prerequisites: HCM 105 and HCM 110.
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• HCM 210: Healthcare Information Management

  3.00 Credits

  Tusculum University

  
  This course provides an introduction to basic information management in health care service organizations. The course includes an overview of the role of information systems in health care organizations, health information systems for information management and decision support for administrative functions and clinical care services, institutional approaches to ensuring data security and privacy, planning and processing information, and clinical and administrative systems. Prerequisites: HCM 105 and HCM 110.
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• HCM 300: Healthcare Finance

  3.00 Credits

  Tusculum University

  
  This course focuses on the economic impact of fiscal policies in healthcare organizations and provides an overview of both short-term and long-term issues in healthcare financial management. Methods of analyzing financial reports, fiscal components of the budgetary process, regulatory mechanisms, cost control, and related factors affecting financial management of health service organizations including financial decision support skills will be covered. Topics also include cash forecasting and management, collection and disbursement techniques, financial planning and budgeting, receivables management, capital budgeting, and the role of financial intermediaries and government agencies in reimbursing healthcare providers, recording and reporting financial operations, measuring financial results, and tools to analyze and understand financial operations. In addition, the relationship of the economic environment and health care costs and their implications for health care organizations will be explored. Prerequisites: HCM 200, HCM 210, BUSN 211.
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• HCM 320: Legal/Ethical Environ Hlthcare

  3.00 Credits

  Tusculum University

  
  This course examines legal and ethical environments that govern healthcare organizations and professionals. Students will explore the legal environment in healthcare including laws and regulations, legal principles, public health law; regulatory compliances, institutional and professional liability, patient rights, medical records and disclosure of patient information, informed consent, physician-patient relationships, risk management, medical malpractice and legislative activities, billing and coding practices, medical staff credentialing, and the role of the healthcare manager in organizational compliance, including licensing and accreditation agencies. Students will also explore the legal and ethical dilemmas confronting consumers, healthcare organizations and professionals. Current ethical ideas and issues in healthcare and the healthcare system are introduced. Contemporary issues confronting those delivering and using healthcare will be examined. Case studies require students to apply critical thinking in ethical decision making situations encountered by healthcare professionals and apply ethical principles and theories of decision making in analysis of ethical dilemmas. Topics include the moral basis of ethics, ethical principles, organizational philosophy, duties, conflict of interest, resource allocation, confidentiality, end-of-life, and other biomedical and administrative issues. Prerequisites: HCM 200 and HCM 210.
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• HCM 330: Quality Management in Healthcare

  3.00 Credits

  Tusculum University

  
  This course is designed to introduce the student to quality management concepts, tools and techniques used in healthcare organizations. The application of quality management theory to healthcare product and service outcomes and issues related to quality, utilization, and risk management will be explored. Emphasis is placed on basic quality improvement techniques, and the administrator's role in developing an environment which supports quality management. The course introduces the student to the tools needed to develop and implement quality measures and outcomes in the healthcare organization, and to process improvement and project management. Prerequisites: HCM 200 and HCM 210.
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• HCM 410: Managed Healthcare

  3.00 Credits

  Tusculum University

  
  This course consists of a review of the various types of managed care as it applies to healthcare organizations and emphasizes the basic managed healthcare concepts. The course will be presented from the perspective of healthcare providers and managed care organizations.The theory and strategy of managed care, as a cost control strategy, in healthcare will be studied. Prerequisites: HCM 300, HCM 310, HCM 320 and HCM 330.
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• HCM ELE: Healthcare Mgmt Elective

  3.00 Credits

  Tusculum University

  
  No course description available.
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