HCR 525 - Contemporary Issues in Health Care Management

Admission to MBA or MPA program; consent of instructor(3)

Contemporary health care issues that affect the management and delivery of heath services. Current realities of supply and demand of health care services, assessed relative to demographics, socioeconomic status, and disease frequency; working relationships of health care managers, clinically-based employees and independent physicians. Evaluation of the merger of technology and the health care environment, relative to dynamics of computer technology and complexities of the environment..