Current Term Classes - Healthcare Management

Summer 2023

Class registration opens on March 30 (may be subject to change).

The School of Continuing and Professional Studies may cancel, modify, or make substitutions for any published class or program, may change instructors, and may change the dates and times a class is offered. The information published here and in the catalog is subject to change.  For the most up-to-date and complete information, please use the SIS Class Search.

PSHM 5080: Legal and Ethical Decision-Making in Health Care
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 6-Aug 8 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Focuses on principles & theories of law related to healthcare delivery, management & administration. Examines the application of laws on healthcare liability prevention & the risks managers face. Explores legal & ethical issues in healthcare systems; and investigates the healthcare administrator as decision-maker, leader and moral agent. Evaluates situations with potential ethical/legal implications.
Stephen Oliver | 3 GR Credits | Elective

PSHM 5805: Health Information Systems and Applications
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 6-10pm | Jun 7-Aug 9 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Examines how informatics in the health care industry improves patient care, health outcomes, efficiency, quality & evidence-based decision making; evaluates challenges and strategies for health care managers in implementing health information systems & their costs, benefits, and impacts in health care organizations. Analyzes key issues in data management, security, privacy and confidentiality. Prerequisite: Admission to HSM Graduate Certificate
Kevin Jackson | 3 GR Credits | Required

* Asynchronous online courses at SCPS can sometimes include synchronous sessions. Attendance is strongly encouraged but not mandatory. Synchronous sessions will be recorded.

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