Healthcare Environments and Delivery Systems

Catalog description

This course provides students with a high level understanding of the US healthcare system including: healthcare settings, reimbursement mechanisms, regulations, and professions. Health Informatics students come from diverse backgrounds and are likely to have clinical or IT experience. An overview of how the healthcare system is structured and how it has evolved over time provides a common understanding of the depth and breadth of the US healthcare system. In this course, students will learn about regulations that govern how care is provided, the role of data and systems used in the provision of care, and how data are important to assess clinical outcomes. Students will identify how health informatics can be used to: - Meet the diverse needs of interprofessional healthcare providers - Support cost-effective and safe patient care - Manage healthcare utilization.