HLTH 301 - Quality and Risk in Healthcare Management

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): HLTH 200

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course is designed to introduce students to risk management as it applies to the healthcare industry. Topics of discussion will include the areas that contain some elements of risk such as financial and safety and disaster planning. Facilities include hospitals, clinical settings, private practice and other venues. It will explore the agencies that regulate risk and their influence on the current healthcare system.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Examine the definitions of quality and risk in health care
Determine as appropriate the tools, activities, and techniques of risk management and quality of care.
Explain the vital role of communication in patient satisfaction, health literacy and ranking of risk.
Construct risk and quality of care analysis within and transitioning between hospitals, ambulatory care, long-term care, mental health services and public health care.
Examine the regulatory environment.
Prioritize the elements of a disaster plan.