PUBPOL 5643

Health Care Innovation

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the various applications of data and health information technology (HIT) across a variety of health care settings and how different players within the health care ecosystem are embracing HIT to improve care delivery. As the health care system in this country evolves, it is becoming increasingly reliant on robust HIT systems to improve care delivery. This course is designed to be an immersion into health care information systems: how they have been enabled by an evolution of HIT policy in the U.S., how different health care players are utilizing HIT to improve outcomes, and how a favorable funding environment has enabled innovative companies to change the way we interact with the health care system.

Enrollment Information REF-F25 Enrollment limited to: EMHA students.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2023FA, 2021FA, 2020FA

Learning Outcomes REF-FA25

• Define, measure and evaluate the quality of medical care.
• Describe the policies, management strategies, and health IT in facilitating Quality Improvement.
• Explain organizational issues involved in performing QI and common barriers to the effective deployment of policy, management strategies and health IT.

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