Introduction to Healthcare Management

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a conceptual and applied vision of the organization theories and the inherent administrative processes to the field of the Administration of Health Services. Likewise, the impact in the dynamics of the health sector and the impact on the administration of the system of health care services. The administrative process is presented from a theoretical/practical perspective, considering that the essential of a certain system of health constitutes the group of services that you provide and how these services satisfy the necessities and the population’s demand to serve. The objective of the course will be achieved through a series of lectures, case studies, presentations and selected readings. At the end of this course, the student will review the major aspects of management and the skills necessary to be successful as an executive in the healthcare system.