Managing Community Health Syst

Catalog description

This course emphasizes the manager's role, responsibilities and involvement in developing, implementing and evaluating strategies for community health initiatives. Community health focuses on geographically related individuals, groups and organizations sharing health resources. Topics covered include community health assessment with an emphasis on applied epidemiology for planning and outcome purposes, managing distinct types of organizational collaborations, and the application of a population model for community health services and agencies. Opportunities and challenges for integration with organizational systems are also discussed. 3 credits