5 Reasons To Take a Healthcare Management Class
3 Online Healthcare Management Classes To Take for Career Development
So, where should you start? Here are our recommendations for the top healthcare management courses designed to help improve your knowledge and performance in your current management career or as you look to transition to a career in healthcare management:
Long-Term Care in Organizations
This course examines the delivery of long-term care (LTC) within various healthcare settings. It reviews the implications of longevity found within demographic data, while analyzing the need for further governmental intervention and the allocation of funds required to effectively administer care to an aging society.
Evolving Healthcare Systems
This foundational course introduces students to the systems that define and shape the delivery of health services in the United States and the policy changes that have had major impact on U.S. healthcare over the past 50 years. It provides a comprehensive overview of the structure, function, and financing of the healthcare system and highlights current, critical issues facing the United States. The course is designed to foster an appreciation for the myriad interdependent actors within the healthcare system and for the widespread consequences of decisions in the clinical, policy, and management arenas. Students will leave this course with an appreciation of the challenges confronting policymakers, providers, and patients balancing cost, quality, and access.
Healthcare Law and Policy
Healthcare Law and Policy addresses the legal issues that are most prevalent in today's health delivery system. This course examines the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the effects its enforcement has on patient privacy and the security of data within U.S. health care organizations. This course also reviews ethical issues that often affect how care is managed and delivered.
With The Power of One at New England College of Business, we make it easy for you to take one of these classes or choose from many others to start advancing your knowledge and skills in healthcare management.
Here's how:
- An award-winning learning platform tailored to suit working professionals
- Five- to eight-week course completion times
- No prerequisites (bachelor's degree required for graduate-level courses)
- Course credits that may be applied to a degree program
- No application fee
Ready to take an online class to advance your career in healthcare? Learn more about online classes available from New England College of Business or call 800-997-1673 for more information.
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