Evaluation and Measurement

Catalog description

Evaluation and measurement are critical to the performance and improvement of the healthcare system; continual measurement and evaluation of access, care delivery, and outcomes are essential to ensuring that the patients receive quality and safe care. In this course students will learn and engage in data collection, as well as how to use data to generate performance measures. Student will work with actual data acquiring analytic skills transforming data into information. The final project is this course will involve presenting the evaluation and assessment for a quality improvement initiative to stakeholders in a clinical setting. Students will also be required to produce dashboard and recommendations based on their findings.