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Graduate Curricula
MBAH 756. Information Systems Management
in Health Care
3 credits
Focuses on the role of the manager in relation to
the organization’s database system. A study of
computer technology, data structure and development
of data support systems is included. Specific
issues covered are the relationship of the mainframe
to the personal computer, the creation and
use of spreadsheets, the provision of computer
security, and the development of auditing techniques
through effective use of the information
system.
MBAH 758. Health Care Integrated Delivery
Systems Management
3 credits
Intended to focus on the concept of Integrated
Delivery Systems (IDS). The IDS has recently
become significant in the strategic planning of
health care systems. IDS are totally integrated
health care systems both horizontally and vertically
in the community. The focus of IDS is to
provide the community with total management of
health and health care services for the prevention,
treatment, and management of disease processes.
IDS represent comprehensive and complex interrelationships
between many organizations in the
community providing health services such as
screening procedures, preventive inoculation programs,
home health services, long-term care facilities,
acute care facilities and outpatient surgical
treatment facilities to name only a few.
Prerequisites: MBA 626, 635, 670, 675, 680,
685, MBAH 756.
MBAH 799. Professional Ethics in Health Care
Management
3 credits
Designed to emphasize the manager’s responsibility
to society to develop systems that allow the
most cost effective health care to be provided to
the entire population. Issues examined include
the exclusion of segments of society from health
care due to cost, duplication of health services in
a community, and management of higher costs
associated with chronic illnesses and increased
longevity without a reduction in the quality of
care. Also, subjects that often create controversial
situations are reviewed, such as living wills,
organ donation, etc. Prerequisite: MBA 635.
MBAH 805. Selected Issues in Health Care
Management
3 credits
Expands on current issues in health care that will
be important o the health care manager. This will
be an executive seminar course, with case studies
and student presentations. The focus will be on
issues not covered in the prerequisite and ethics
courses. Topics will include managed care and
benefits administration, use of PC work stations
as a management tool (spreadsheets, graphs,
etc.), health care politics, geriatrics/eldercare and
its financing, understanding staffing techniques,
total quality management in the health care
industry, and CEO management skills in a health
care organization. Prerequisites: MBAH 526,
635, 640.
Master of Business Administration Courses
Required of Master of Business Administration
Health Care Students
(See course descriptions for MBA 505-800)
MBA 505. Statistical Methods 3 credits
MBA 506. Financial Accounting 3 credits
MBA 507. Managerial Accounting 3 credits
MBA 621. Organizational Theory,
Behavior and Communication 3 credits
MBA 626. Managerial Economics 3 credits
MBA 635. Legal and Social
Environment of Business
3 credits
MBA 670. Operations Management 3 credits
MBA 675. Financial Management 3 credits
MBA 685. Human Resource
Management
3 credits
MBA 690. Leadership Through
People Skills
3 credits
MBA 715. Executive Management
Seminar: Topics in Health Care 3 credits
MBA 800. Capstone Seminar for
Business
3 credits
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