HIMS 630

Catalog description

The course examines operational issues in health care management. Specific topics to be covered include process flow, simulation, decision-making, quality improvement, forecasting, capacity management, project management, and inventory management. The goal is to instill an understanding of the language, applications, and limitations of practical and analytical tools required to make effective tactical and operational decisions in a health care environment. A specific emphasis will be placed on learning and using new tools and technologies to solve analytic problems and then articulate solutions to those problems in actionable terms.