2006-2008 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

HADM 5311, Health Service OrganizationsAssesses specific trends, practices, and structures of the U.S. health care system,with particular attention to organization, delivery models, financing, regulation,quality assessment, and evaluation. Identifies major system components and theirinterrelationships. Prepares students to assess the interactions among the individual,social, political, educational, financial, economic, and scientific forces that impactthe configuration of the health delivery system and its susceptibility to innovationsand change. Prerequisites: noneHADM 5325, Health Care EconomicsApplies concepts of microeconomics to the health care industry. Analyzes currenteconomic theory and empirical studies as they relate to the demand for health care.Students should be able to recognize and critically analyze current health care issuesfrom the perspective of economic agents allocating scarce resources to produce themaximum benefit. Understand 0the role of the physician and hospital as an economicagent, and the role of insurance and selected government programs in the market forhealth care. Prerequisites: noneHADM 5350, Externship in Health CarePrerequisites: Completion of a minimum of 24 semester hours of the MS-HA corecurriculumBetween the first and second year in the MS-HA program, all students are requiredto serve a minimum of one quarter in a supervised, practical managerial or clinicalexperience in a hospital, long-term care facility, insurance facility, governmental agency,or other health related setting. These experiences afford students an opportunity forobservation and service participation to integrate theories and curricular contentwith practical field experience. Written and oral reports are required to demonstrateapplication of subject content as it directly relates to the operations of health serviceorganizations.HADM 6315, Health Care Jurisprudence and EthicsRelates a variety of perspectives and trends in wellness and health care delivery tothe theories and principles of modern law and ethics. Through the critical analysisof case studies, students should be able to recommend appropriate interveningactions to minimize organizational and professional liability resulting from unethicalpractices and/or torts filed against practitioners and their employers. Analyzes theinterrelationships between the rights and responsibilities of patients and practitionersin matters involving law and ethics. Explores issues associated with biomedical ethics,health care access, cost, and social policy, and examines their influences on the healthcare delivery system.HADM 6320, Health Policy RegulationAnalyzes the relationship of government and politics to health and health care.Examines the political structure and processes involved in health policy passageand implementation in the United States. Students should be able to discuss thepersuasiveness of public opinion and interests groups on the development and passageof health policies. Critique and analyze various regulatory policies and their impacton both the public and private sectors of the health care industry.284 / Courses