Overview of the information tools and technology used to manage modern healthcare delivery systems. The focus for instruction is the intersection of technology and human activities to form integrated socio-technical systems. Broad coverage of health informatics, quality and safety science, leadership and change models, and health data analytics.

Overview of the information tools and technology used to manage modern healthcare delivery systems. The focus for instruction is the intersection of technology and human activities to form integrated socio-technical systems. Broad coverage of health informatics, quality and safety science, leadership and change models, and health data analytics.

Public health professionals assume leadership roles in organizations where they are responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting of activities. This course is designed to stimulate critical thinking about modern public health administrative issues and develop selected management techniques and perspectives.

Public health professionals assume leadership roles in organizations where they are responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting of activities. This course is designed to stimulate critical thinking about modern public health administrative issues and develop selected management techniques and perspectives.

This introductory survey of health policy issues will include the organization of the health system, health care financing, the policy process in the United States, laws and ethics related to health policy and management, the essential features of policy analysis, and public health communication.

This introductory survey of health policy issues will include the organization of the health system, health care financing, the policy process in the United States, laws and ethics related to health policy and management, the essential features of policy analysis, and public health communication.

Provides a framework for students to analyze how health care is organized and delivered in settings around the world. The course will engage students in a comparative analysis of health indicators in different countries. Students will undertake an analysis of health care delivery, financing, and workforce issues.

Provides a framework for students to analyze how health care is organized and delivered in settings around the world. The course will engage students in a comparative analysis of health indicators in different countries. Students will undertake an analysis of health care delivery, financing, and workforce issues.

Comparative analysis of health systems of several Nordic and Baltic countries. Historical development of health systems of Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Estonia will be analyzed to understand the political economy of health reforms. For each country, the system-wide approach will be used to understand the healthcare resources and health outcomes.

Directed study of selected topics.

An overview of the philosophies, attitudes, and approaches used in the field of human services. Introspective analysis and current event evaluation will highlight a recognized need for social capital to leverage individual human capital for the greater good, especially in public health and health management.

An overview of the philosophies, attitudes, and approaches used in the field of human services. Introspective analysis and current event evaluation will highlight a recognized need for social capital to leverage individual human capital for the greater good, especially in public health and health management.