Leadership and Emerging Trends in Healthcare

Catalog description

This course introduces students to a high-level overview of critical issues and trends impacting various stakeholders in our complex healthcare system, especially its leaders. The stakeholders include patients, hospitals, physicians, nurses, health plans, employers, government agencies, including technology and life science companies. Relevant topics will include trends in technology such as digital health and telehealth; critical management issues related to the workforce and innovation; quality and performance improvement within the healthcare ecosystem; and other emerging trends such as corporate social responsibility in healthcare and health equity. During the course, we will learn how these trends impact strategy and risk from a leadership perspective. The course is welcome to students from all professional backgrounds and does not require experience in the healthcare industry. Lessons learned in the course will be useful for students working in non-healthcare industries. During the course, we will focus on basic concepts and issues provided in lecture material and readings.