Masterclass Certificate in Healthcare Admin Decision Support

• Data Analysis for Healthcare Decision Making: Understanding the fundamentals of data analysis and how it applies to decision making in healthcare administration. Topics include data collection methods, data cleaning, and data visualization.
• Healthcare Economics and Finance: An overview of healthcare economics and finance, including key concepts such as reimbursement models, cost-benefit analysis, and budgeting. This unit will also cover financial management strategies for healthcare organizations.
• Health Information Systems: An introduction to health information systems, including electronic health records (EHRs), clinical decision support systems (CDSSs), and other technologies used in healthcare organizations. This unit will also cover the role of health information systems in decision support.
• Evidence-Based Practice: An exploration of evidence-based practice in healthcare administration, including how to critically evaluate research studies and apply evidence-based approaches to decision making. This unit will also cover the role of data and analytics in evidence-based practice.
• Quality Improvement in Healthcare: An examination of quality improvement methodologies in healthcare, including Six Sigma, Lean, and PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycles. This unit will also cover the role of data and analytics in quality improvement initiatives.
• Healthcare Policy and Regulation: An overview of healthcare policy and regulation, including key laws and regulations that impact healthcare organizations. This unit will also cover the role of decision support in policy analysis and implementation.
• Strategic Planning for Healthcare Organizations: An exploration of strategic planning in healthcare, including the development of mission, vision, and values statements, goal-setting, and performance measurement. This unit will also cover the role of decision support in strategic planning.
• Healthcare Ethics and Legal Issues: An examination of ethical and legal issues in healthcare, including patient privacy, informed consent, and end-of-life decision making. This unit will also cover the role of decision support in ethical and legal decision making.