The course of study is
described below; however, descriptions of these courses are
available in a separate section.
EXECUTIVE PROGRAM:
COURSE OF STUDY
Degree* M.S.
Health Care Administration
First Year, Fall Semester
HCAI 5220 Statistical Analysis in Health Care Organizations
– 2 hrs.
HCAI 5221 Operations Management in Health Care Organizations
– 2 hrs.
HCAI 5330 Health Services Organization & Policy – 3 hrs.
First Year, Spring Semester
HCAI 5231 Health Care Organization Theory and Management – 2
hrs.
HCAI 5270 Health Administration Ethics – 2 hrs.
HCAI 5233 Information Technology – 2 hrs.
First Year, Summer Semester
HCAI 5301 Managerial Accounting – 3 hrs.
HCAI 5340 Managerial Epidemiology – 3 hrs.
Second Year, Fall Semester
HCAI 5353 Health Care Finance – 3 hrs.
HCAI 5380 Health Care Human Resources Management – 3 hrs.
Second Year, Spring Semester
HCAI 5360 Leadership Effectiveness – 3 hrs.
HCAI 5313 Economic Aspects of Health Care Administration – 3
hrs. HCAI 5456
Seminar in Strategic Planning & Marketing – 4 hrs.
Second Year, Summer Semester
HCAI 5333 Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration – 3
hrs.
HCAI 5451 Seminar in Strategic Management of Health Services
– 4 hrs.
Course
Descriptions
HCAI
5231 Health Care Organization Theory and Management
Cases, concepts, and research findings in health care
organizational behavior and administration. Analysis of the
impact of individuals, groups, and organizational structure
and environment on management performance. Instruction on
formulating organizational strategy.
HCAI 5270 Health
Administration Ethics
An analysis of health care issues through lecture, case
study, and practitioner involvement. Emphasis on overseeing
the moral mission of health institutions while at the same
time maintaining the economic viability of those
institutions.
HCAI 5301 Managerial
Accounting
Concepts and techniques of managerial accounting for
generalist health care administrators. Emphasizes managerial
accounting applications for using financial data as a tool
for management planning and decision making in health care.
Topics covered included financial accounting, cost
accounting, source of revenues, budgeting and control,
pricing, and profitability determination.
HCAI 5310 Health Services
Organization and Policy
An overview of the organization, delivery, financing, and
evaluation of the U.S. health care system. Emphasis is on
major system components and their inter-relationships. Key
concepts include: social values, health personnel, health
facilities, major financing mechanisms, and health policy.
HCAI 5313 Economic Aspects
of Health Care Administration
Application of economic concepts to the health care sector.
Demand and supply, elasticity, health insurance, regulation,
competition, and cost-effective analysis. Emphasis on use of
economic analysis for strategic planning.
HCAI 5320 Quantitative
Methods and Information Management Systems
The study of selected statistical techniques useful in the
analysis of managerial decisions and
interpretation/evaluation of research. Includes a review of
basic descriptive and inferential statistics; Bayesian
probability theory; applied probability distributions;
simple and multiple regression analysis; selected
nonparametric methods; and statistical process control as
applied to quality management. Emphasis is on sources and
uses of health care information for decision-making and
quantitative analysis using microcomputers.
HCAI 5321 Operations
Management
Introduction to systems analysis and selected operations
research techniques as applied to problem solving and
decision making in health care organizations. Includes the
systems approach to problem solving; forecasting demand for
services; inventory control; project management; simulation
of health care operations; and analysis of waiting line
problems. Emphasis is on sources and uses of health care
information and the role of computers and information
systems in support of health care operations.
HCAI 5333 Legal Aspects of
Health Care Administration
The legal principles and processes influencing health care
providers. Basic instruction in contract law and tort law.
Focus on major health care liability producing areas and
interface between law and ethics.
HCAI 5340 Managerial
Epidemiology
Managerial epidemiology is the application of the principles
and tools of epidemiology to the decision-making process. It
applies analytic techniques to the management of health
services through the study and measurement of the health of
populations. Topics include population health appraisals,
determinants of health and disease, health status
measurement, health service use, and design and evaluation
of health care interventions.
HCAI 5353 Financial
Management for Health Care Administration
Practical and theoretical aspects of the decision-making
process in the financial management of health care
facilities and systems. Topics include: price level
problems; financial statement analysis and interpretation;
evaluation of methods of hospital financing.
HCAI 5360 Leadership
Effectiveness
This course will analyze managerial leadership models and
the exercise of power in the health care setting. These
managerial concepts will be assessed for their effectiveness
in guiding managerial behavior in professional-dominated
organizations and in assisting health care managers in
carrying out essential tasks dealing with conflict in
organizations and effecting organizational change.
HCAI 5380 Health Care
Human Resources Management
Analysis of health manpower; professional, technical, and
continuing education; credentialing; and emerging directions
in strategic human resource management. The recruitment,
selection, compensation, retention, and performance
evaluation of health manpower; the role of independent
contractors of services; and the impact of federal
legislation such as NLRA, FLSA, OSHA, EEOA, and ERISA.
HCAI 5451 Seminar in
Strategic Management of Health Services
This integrative seminar focuses on the management of health
care organizations from a strategic perspective. The various
tenets of strategic management will be explored and then
applied to various health care organizations. Special
emphasis is placed on organization responses to new trends
and changing circumstances. Students will be expected to
draw on skills and knowledge introduced earlier in the
curriculum. Efforts will be made to include the viewpoints
of health care practitioners.
HCAI 5456 Seminar in
Strategic Planning and Marketing
This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills
pertaining to the function of strategic planning, marketing,
and business plans in the health care setting. These will be
applied to the line or staff manager in the health care
setting whose responsibilities center upon management
functions other than an assignment as a planning or
marketing specialist.
