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Principles of Hospital Accounting   (ACC-130)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Provides a solid foundation in the basic principles and practices of accounting, with illustrations and problems relating to hospitals. Requires no previous knowledge or experience in hospital accounting.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Discuss the GAAP for Health Care Organizations
  • Describe in detail the concept of financial reporting for health care organizations
  • Explain unique accounting and measurement issues in health care organizations including accounting for revenues, assets, expenses, and liabilities
  • Articulate the concept of journalizing transactions and prepare the basic financial statements for not-for-profit and governmental health care organizations.
  • Describe other accounting issues in the health care industry, including budgeting and costs, auditing, taxation and regulation, prepaid health care services and continuing care retirement communities.
  • Explain financial and operational analysis of health care organizations.

 
Legal Aspects of Health Care Facilities   (HEA-242)   3 credits  
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Course Description
A study of the legal aspects of the patient's rights and institutional responsibilities within health care facilities. Attention is focused on jurisdiction of Board of Directors, negligence, malpractice, contracts, permits, authorizations, employer-employee relations and accountability within health care institutions. Attention will also be given to the role of the ombudsman in health care facilities. Legal Aspects of Health Care Facilities.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Demonstrate understanding of the functions and interactions between courts, legislatures, state and federal agencies and the various stakeholders in the health care services industry.
  • Assessment of the common legal issues that arise in the delivery of health services and their management.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of health care professionals to patients.
  • Demonstrate understanding and application of legal and ethical principles to issues related to decision-making by health care providers.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze and evaluate common ethical issues related to delivery of health care.

 
Women's Health   (HEA-305)   3 credits  
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Course Description
This course explores what women and men need to know about women's bodies and women's health. Personal, family, cultural, community, and societal influences are analyzed for their impact on the physical and emotional health of women. Emphasis on human sexuality is addressed in discussion related to body image and intimacy. Health risk identification, health promotion, health maintenance, and treatment alternatives are examined. Men are encouraged to participate in the course to add perspective and gain a more in-depth understanding of women.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Explain the physiological bases of health in women from adolescence through senior years.
  • Articulate informed health care decisions that attain and maintain healthy lifestyles in women.
  • Discuss the impact of personal, family, cultural, workplace, and societal influences on women's health behavior and practices.
  • Promote health behaviors and practices that assist women to achieve physical and emotional health.
  • Illustrate how the media and advertising affects women's health behaviors and practices.

 
Social Issues in Health   (HEA-401)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Social Issues in Health & Illness. Designed to provide a critical view of the many social issues in the delivery & utilization of explored from behavioral science, sociological, & managerial perspectives, including the social factors in illness, patient- provider relationships, current problems in health care & the effects of economic changes on health & illness.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Describe the impacts of an increasingly diverse population on the delivery of health care.
  • Explain the importance of guidance in accessing health services within a local community
  • Describe potential impacts on patients when specialist care is favored over primary care.
  • Describe how comprehensive community emotional and social health education can promote wellness.
  • Discuss how leaders in health care face particular challenges related to the decisions they face that affect the lives of many people.
  • Explain the impact of the increases in elderly patients in the health care system and describe at least two strategies that promote wellness.
  • Provide a summary of key social factors that influence the development of illness versus wellness.
  • Outline key ethical issues facing health care providers in dealing with social and behavioral issues in health care. Describe two such issues and how they were handled.

 
Occupational Health and Safety   (APS-400)   3 credits  
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Course Description
The Occupational Safety and Health course provides analysis and solution components for technology leaders to identify potential issues and plan solutions. The content includes roles of the technical leaders in environmental, health, and safety management; quantitative problem solving and units of measure; application of OSHA regulations; and development of solutions specific to the learner's field of Applied Science and Technology.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Identify terminology associated with safety management.
  • Outline the ethical considerations and the role of a safety and health manager.
  • Analyze standards for occupational health and safety, the environment and regulatory procedure.
  • Analyze the breadth and depth of safety issues in organizations.
  • Optimize the usage of tools and techniques in safety management.
  • Identify, evaluate, and control hazards.
  • Create plans for the development and supervision of hazard control.
  • Differentiate safety attitudes, and detection/correction from unsafe working conditions.

 
Environmental Impact Assessment   (ENT-403)   3 credits  
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Course Description
This course focuses on the manager's role in implementing safety and health programs in the workplace in compliance with the applicable standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHAct) of 1970. Special emphasis is placed on developing written programs and conducting employee training as required by OSHAct.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Analyze the breadth and depth of safety issues in organizations.
  • Identify terminology associated with safety management.
  • Outline the ethical considerations and the role of a safety and health manager.
  • Analyze standards for occupational health and safety, the environment and regulatory procedure.
  • Identify, evaluate, and control hazards.
  • Optimize the usage of tools and techniques in safety management.
  • Create written programs for the development and supervision of hazard control.
  • Create training programs as required by the OSHAct.
  • Differentiate safety attitudes, and detection/correction from unsafe working conditions.

 
Men's Health   (HEA-306)   3 credits  
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Course Description
This course explores the societal, economic, cultural, and gender influences that shape men's health beliefs and practices. Common health problems and strategies effective in promoting men's health and wellbeing are explored. Reflection on the positive outcomes of healthy men at home, work, and in society is threaded throughout this course.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Discuss health problems and issues as they relate to the male population.
  • Explore social, economic, cultural, gender, environmental, and work place factors influencing men's health practices.
  • Examine the impact of men's health beliefs on wellness and illness behavior.
  • Identify strategies that promote healthy lifestyles in the male population.

 
Introduction to Health Care Delivery   (HEA-321)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Intro. to contemporary systems of delivering medical care. Policies and issues surrounding government involvement in health care. Financing, quality assurance and manpower related to the health care system. Ethical orientation to the allied health professions. Dealing with sick and hospitalized patient and family; the taking of vital signs; introduction to pharmacology; medical terminology; aseptic techniques.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Discuss and apply basic economic concepts related to health insurance coverage
  • Explain how both private health insurance and public health insurance are financed
  • Evaluate the ways in which private and public health insurers reimburse medical providers
  • Assess private and public models of financing and delivery of healthcare services
  • Analyze various aspects of the hospital, physician, and pharmaceutical drug sectors
  • Explain how nonprofit status, competition, quality, and safety affect medical providers
  • Identify the various determinants of access to care for low-income and vulnerable populations
  • Evaluate how specific policy proposals will likely affect access to care and healthcare spending
  • Critique how the political process affects how healthcare reform is undertaken in the U.S.

 
Ethics in Health Care   (HEA-402)   3 credits  
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Course Description
Addresses the application of ethics to various components of the health care delivery system, including health care providers as well as administration in institutions. It discusses codes of ethics & handling of ethical problems.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Explain and apply the principles of beneficence and non-maleficence as they arise in health care settings.
  • Explain and evaluate questions regarding autonomy vs. paternalism in the health care setting.
  • Address and explain ethical issues regarding diversity –of populations and approaches to ethics in the health care setting.
  • Address and explain issues of justice in access to health care as well as treatment including questions of organ donation and transplant, drug administration when not covered by insurance and other issues involving scarce resources.
  • Address, explain and give examples of issues regarding candor and truth telling in the health care setting.
  • Address, and argue the ethical issues surrounding reproductive technologies.
  • Address and explain the history and moral dilemmas involved with euthanasia.
  • Address and explain the history and moral dilemmas involved with abortion.
  • Address and explain with examples the role of ethics committees in hospitals and other health care settings.
  • Evaluate the ethics of maintaining the social and economic sustainability of a health care system.
  • Address and explain with examples the role of confidentiality in the health care setting.
  • Describe the application of ethical principles in the workplace regarding the roles and functions of different professionals in the health care setting.

 
Personal Lines Insurance   (INS-212)   3 credits  
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Course Description
The student will analyze personal loss exposures and personal insurance coverage including homeowners, dwelling and contents personal liability, inland marine, auto, life, health, and government programs.

Learning Outcomes
Through the Portfolio Assessment process, students will demonstrate that they can appropriately address the following outcomes:

  • Show an understanding of the basic principles of insurance as they relate to the applications and operation of a variety of personal insurance contracts
  • Evaluate the needs of homeowners and tenants and how the clauses of the insurance contract affect the property rights of each
  • Demonstrate the ability to compare different classifications of auto policies in determining the appropriate clauses to meet individual and family needs
  • Analyze the different forms of life insurance and the appropriate use of different forms of policy for estate planning
  • Analyze appropriateness of various living benefits of insurance policies and how they will combine with government programs available to individuals in retirement
  • Assess and evaluate the health insurance needs of individuals and families when determining policy needs and costs
  • Construct an individual and family health insurance policy that can synthesize with the new Health Care Portability Act and understand the effects of this act on different individuals
  • Appraise collective personal insurance needs and develop a portfolio of insurance that integrates available insurance products to benefit the need of individuals and families

 
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