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FIN 660 Strategic Financial Management (3)(Formerly FIN 670.) Prerequisites: FIN 610, 620, and 630.An integrative study of financial management through readings,discussion, applied problems, and case studies. Topics reflect thechanging environment around the role of financial management inorganizations and include corporate performance management, therole of intangibles in value creation, the restructuring of financialprocesses, corporate governance and ethics, value-based management,strategic cost management, and the impact of informationtechnology on the organization’s financial systems. A businessfinance simulation is used as an integrating mechanism.HAIN (Health AdministrationInformatics)HAIN 661 Health Administration Informatics (3)An integrative study of how information technology (IT) can beused by health care administrators to optimize individual practiceand promote organizational effectiveness. Emphasis is on the strategicvalue of data and how the management, synthesis, and transformationof data affects both tactical and strategic decision makingthroughout the health care and IT enterprise. Topics include datastructure, management, and manipulation and their implications fordecision making; strategic information systems planning; e-health;local, national, and global IT policies and practices that affect thedelivery of health care services; and the legal and ethical issues relatedto IT and their implications on practice for the health care administrator.Evolving industry and global initiatives that affect the practiceof health care administration are considered.HAIN 670 Health Administration Informatics Capstone (3)Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credits of program coursework. Acapstone study that integrates the fields of health care administrationand informatics and applies them to the delivery of health care servicesin the rapidly changing health care environment. Focus is on practical,theory-based learning experiences. Key elements are examined fromthe perspectives of both health care administration and informatics.These include issues and challenges in U.S. and global health care systems,potential new health care delivery models, approaches to strategicallyshaping local and national policy, and the role of informationtechnology (IT) in supporting the full continuum of care in healthorganizations. Tools and methods for strategic planning, implementing,and evaluating the efficacy of IT systems are explored.HCAD (Health Care Administration)HCAD 600 Introduction to Health Care Administration (3)An introduction to the principles of management and leadership asthe foundations for the administration of health care products andservice delivery. The evolution of management principles and practicesare traced and the bases for health care administration are analyzed.Emphasis is on the management of global health care systemsin technological societies and the need for innovation and creativityin health care administration. Focus is on mastering graduate-levelcritical thinking, writing, and ethical decision-making skills.HCAD 610 Information Technology forHealth Care Administration (3)(Formerly ADMN 669.) An overview of the management perspectiveof information technology (IT) and how health careadministrators can use IT to maximize organizational performance.Fundamental principles of IT and data management and theirimplications for health care administrators are reviewed. Discussionexplores the use of technology, databases, and other analyticaltools to structure, analyze, and present information related tohealth care management and problem solving. Topics also includestrategic information systems planning, systems analysis, systemdesign, evaluation, and selection. Current applications, such aspatient care, administrative and strategic decision support, managedhealth, health information networks, and the Internet areexamined to determine how they may be used to meet the challengesfacing health care administrators today and in the future.Focus is on the legal and ethical issues related to IT and their practicalimplications for the health care administrator.HCAD 620 The U.S. Health Care System (3)(Formerly ADMN 670.) A comprehensive examination of the complex,dynamic, rapidly changing health care system in the UnitedStates. The health care system’s major components and their characteristicsare identified. Emphasis is on current problems in healthcare financing and delivery. Social, economic, and political forcesthat have shaped and continue to influence the system are traced.The health care system in the United States is compared with systemsin industrialized and developing nations. Analysis covers currenttrends in health care and prospects for the future.www.umuc.edu/grad 89