Course Course Summary Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Course ACE ID: SDCM-0209 Organization's ID: Health 308 Organization: Study.com, LLC Location: Online Length: Self-paced. 20 weeks (40 hours) Dates Offered: 12/1/2021 - 9/30/2024 9/1/2018 - 11/30/2021 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Healthcare Quality and Process Improvement Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: The course objective is to describe and analyze healthcare quality management processes. This course covers different quality measures, interconnection among healthcare branches and its impact on healthcare quality. Learning Outcomes: apply healthcare quality measurements, models, quality management, performance improvement and quality improvement measures and understand the context of the development of these tools apply validity and reliability standards to outcomes research differentiate among various outcome measures relating to patients, illnesses, costs, and quality explain how finances, staff, human resources and risk management impacts healthcare quality and outcomes incorporate health care technology and advances made in this area and how they have impacted and continue to change quality and outcome measures recognize the standards set by government and key players in the establishment of quality benchmarks and outcomes apply patient-centered approaches including healthcare consumerism as a means of improving healthcare quality. define and describe health care quality outcomes, methods, models in the U.S, including statistical methods and models General Topics: An introduction to healthcare quality Healthcare quality organizations and standards Managing health data Health outcome measurement Basics of statistical analysis for healthcare quality Validity and reliability in outcomes measurement Health status and quality of life measurements Functional health and disability measurements Geriatric and pediatric patient measurements Mental, behavioral and social health measurements Pharmaceutical outcome measurements Patient care and safety measurements Patient satisfaction measurements Cost-effectiveness and economic measurements in healthcare Hospitals, healthcare consumerism and quality measures Healthcare quality management and improvement Finances, staff and human resources in healthcare Risk exposure and management in healthcare Trends in healthcare quality Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Instructional Strategies: Audio Visual Materials Case Studies Computer Based Training Practical Exercises Methods of Assessment: Case Studies Examinations Quizzes Written Papers Minimum Passing Score: 70% Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from Study.com, LLC Accounting 101: Financial Accounting (SDCM-0075) Accounting 102: Introduction to Managerial Accounting (SDCM-0076) Accounting 201: Intermediate Financial Accounting I (SDCM-0124) Accounting 202: Intermediate Accounting II (SDCM-0152) Accounting 301: Applied Managerial Accounting (SDCM-0077) Accounting 302: Advanced Accounting (SDCM-0078) Accounting 303: Cost Accounting (SDCM-0105) Analytics 103: Intro to Relational Databases & SQL (SDCM-0240) Art 103: History of Western Art I (SDCM-0167) Art 104: History of Western Art II (SDCM-0168) View All Courses Page Content