EHC 4498 Health Planning and Policy Management

Module: Introduction to Health Planning and Policy

Lecture: Introduction to Health Planning and Policy

Lecture: Human Services Programs

Outcomes

• Summarize health planning and policy management in the U.S.
• Describe how health services planning impacts and integrates organizations, management, and evaluations
• Discuss the role of management and what is meant by strategic management
• Explain the strategic management process
• Describe the planning process
• Conceptualize content of midterm paper 

Module: Program Evaluation

Lecture: Planning for Health Programs

Lecture: Human Service Program Evaluation

• Explain the program evaluation model 
• Describe an application of the program evaluation model 
• Discuss selected issues on evaluation 
• Display a working knowledge of health planning in a real organization 
• Have an awareness of resources for health data

Module: Community Health Assessment

Lecture: Community Health Assessment

Lecture: Establishing Program Objectives and Targets

Outcomes

• Describe the health planning document model and understand its components 
• Define common demographic variables used in health planning and identify common sources 
• Read, understand, and interpret demographic data commonly used in health planning
• Read and interpret the epidemiological data used in health planning 

Module: An Introduction to Epidemiology

Lecture: Planning and Evaluation of Health Programs

Lecture: Impact Evaluation Design Choices

Outcomes

• Explain the data collection and evaluation rigor
• Describe the difference between evaluation and research
• Summarize the impact of a sound budget for a health program
• Provide a workplace health program scenario where ethics played a role

Module: Common Issues Faced by Health Service Planners

Lecture: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Lecture: Qualitative Methods for Planning

Outcomes

• Identify the issues faced by healthcare planners 
• Describe commonly used health services research variables 
• Read and interpret descriptive data 
• Explain basic statistics
• Describe the survey process 
• Outline a research report using the recommended format 

Module: Budgeting, Implementation, and Organizational Development

Lecture: Financial Management and Goal Achievement

Lecture: Restructure of Human Service Organizations

Outcomes

• Explore the budgeting process in detail, including different approaches 
• Describe the terms used in budgeting 
• Construct, describe, and appropriate line-by-line budgets 
• Specify three implementation policies for health planning strategies 
• Define 12 Organizational Development (OD) intervention strategies

Module: Health Research Planning Project

Lecture: Organization Theory and Design

Lecture: The Design of the Organization

Outcomes

• Continue to build a comprehensive working knowledge of what is needed for health planning and specifically the Research Project

Module: Management Information Systems and Healthcare

Lecture: The Design Criteria

Lecture: Information Systems Computerization

Outcomes

• Describe the computer in terms of its parts, types, capabilities, and limitations
• Explain the recommended relationship between the computer user and the organization's IT Department
• Recognize the importance of IT in modern organizations and why managers must understand IT
• Evaluate how IT can be used in the healthcare setting strategically