HCA 203 Human Life Cycle
Views of leading theorists and recent research in the field of human development will be presented with emphasis on biopsychosocial aspects of the five major stages of development from prenatal through senescence.
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HCA 212 Drugs Used and Abused
HCA 220 Leading Healthcare Professionals
Introduction to effective healthcare leadership of self, others, and groups in complex healthcare settings. Emphasis on leader understanding own temperament and values and healthcare context.
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HCA 220X Leading Healthcare Professionals
Introduction to effective healthcare leadership of self, others, and groups in complex healthcare settings. Emphasis on leader understanding own temperament and values and healthcare context.
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HCA 245 Client Diversity in Health Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Interdisciplinary instruction on effective service delivery in the health sciences to culturally diverse individuals and families. Emphasis on the complexity of an individual's cultural identity.
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HCA 249 Writing for Professional Development in Health Administration
Administrative writing and communication for professional development in the health professions, focused the preparation of health care administration students for a professional work setting.
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HCA 260 Gerontology for Health Care Administrators
The administrator's responsibility for improving resident quality of life in long-term care organizations through an overview of sociological, psychological, and biological aspects of aging.
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HCA 290 Selected Topics in Health Information Administration:
HCA 297 Study Abroad
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
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HCA 300 Professional Development Seminar for Health Administration Students
This course prepares health care administration undergraduate students to explore related career options and to succeed in obtaining internships, jobs and/or graduate school admission.
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HCA 307 Epidemiology for the Health Sciences
Introduction to the etiology and distribution of disease and risk factors associated with the determination of disease; applications of epidemiology to the health science professions.
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HCA 333 Health Organizations Professional Practice Standards
Overview of regulatory statutes, licensure requirements, accreditation and other professional practice standards that affect healthcare organizations.
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HCA 340 Healthcare Process Measurement
Compilation and presentation of healthcare statistics; use of statistical analysis and graphic presentation of data to examine healthcare processes and support decision-making.
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HCA 361 Post-Acute Care and Management
Examines healthcare services provided after leaving a hospital; emphasizes the management and coordination of these services and organizations that provide them, to ensure optimal transitions between healthcare services and settings.
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HCA 362 Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Long-Term Care Facilities
Legal and regulatory environment of the nursing facility. Reviews state and federal requirements and overviews the survey process designed to protect resident well-being
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HCA 400 Healthcare Marketing
Examines basic marketing principles and applies them to the healthcare field; analyzes the diversity of the healthcare consumer's definition of care, and the need to distinguish between individual patients versus corporate America as customer.
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HCA 411 Disease Classification Systems I
HCA 421 Operations Management in Healthcare Organizations
Application of operations management principles to management of healthcare organizations. Emphasis on tools to plan, organize and control.
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HCA 422 Human Resource Management in Healthcare Organizations
Introduction of human relation concepts as it applies to the health care organizations. Emphasis on the application of management responsibilities.
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HCA 423 Health Information Administration in Specialized Healthcare Facilites
Study of health information systems in ambulatory, long-term, home health, and other non-hospital settings; site visits and site-specific projects.
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HCA 430 Patient Registration Management
HCA 444 Introduction to Text Retrieval and Its Applications in Biomedicine
Introduction to text retrieval, text classification and their biomedical applications; topics include: indexing, query processing, and document retrieval methods.
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HCA 444G Introduction to Text Retrieval and Its Applications in Biomedicine
Introduction to text retrieval, text classification and their biomedical applications; topics include: indexing, query processing, and document retrieval methods.
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HCA 450 Healthcare Quality Management
Theory and development of quality assessment programs in healthcare for patient care improvement; focus on outcomes assessment, operations assessment and improvement; governance, administration, medical staff involvement including quality, patient experience, safety, risk and utilization management.
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HCA 460 Healthcare Reimbursement Systems and Policies
History and functioning of healthcare reimbursement systems. Emphasis on the policies and procedures of government and major third party systems.
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HCA 480 Competency-Based Internship in Long-Term Care Facilities
A supervised clinical practicum serving as the capstone fieldwork experience for HCA majors obtaining a sub-major in long-term care administration.
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HCA 497 Study Abroad
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
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HCA 497G Study Abroad
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
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HCA 502 Healthcare Delivery Systems: National and International Perspectives
HCA 520 Clinical Practicum
HCA 521 Advanced Systems Thinking and Strategy for Healthcare Leaders
Provides a view of organizational theory and strategy with applications to the institutional operations in the healthcare industry; capstone course providing an in-depth view of systems theory, strategy formulation and implementation in healthcare leadership.
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HCA 521G Advanced Systems Thinking and Strategy for Healthcare Leaders
Provides a view of organizational theory and strategy with applications to the institutional operations in the healthcare industry; capstone course providing an in-depth view of systems theory, strategy formulation and implementation in healthcare leadership.
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HCA 537 Health Information Technology and Management
Introduction to origins, sources and content of healthcare data; technologies used to manage and control healthcare databases. Introduction to key components of healthcare databases, telecommunications technology, electronic medical record (EMR), project management, and systems evaluation.
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HCA 537G Health Information Technology and Management
Introduction to origins, sources and content of healthcare data; technologies used to manage and control healthcare databases. Introduction to key components of healthcare databases, telecommunications technology, electronic medical record (EMR), project management, and systems evaluation.
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HCA 540 Health Information Professional Practice
Four-week professional practice working with and under supervision of an information manager. Pre-practice meetings and post-practice seminar.
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HCA 541 Healthcare Information Systems Analysis and Design
Overview of health facility computerized information systems. Information systems theory, systems analysis, and implementation of computer systems from a managerial/planning perspective.
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HCA 541G Healthcare Information Systems Analysis and Design
Overview of health facility computerized information systems. Information systems theory, systems analysis, and implementation of computer systems from a managerial/planning perspective.
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HCA 542 Healthcare Database Design and Management
Study of database structure, data models, and operations issues. Emphasis on data security, integrity, integration, and access. Healthcare database applications.
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HCA 542G Healthcare Database Design and Management
Study of database structure, data models, and operations issues. Emphasis on data security, integrity, integration, and access. Healthcare database applications.
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HCA 580 Health Care Administration Internship
Capstone course/Internship experience with administrators in health care agencies and health-related organizations (e.g., hospitals/health systems, ambulatory care/group practices, managed care, rehabilitation facilities, residential/long-term care).
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HCA 590 Topics in Health Sciences:
HCA 590G Topics in Health Sciences:
HCA 699 Advanced Independent Study:
HCA 699G Advanced Independent Study:
HCA 700 Introduction to Health Care Informatics
HCA 721 Health Information Technology Procurement
A study of the concepts related to acquisition of information technology, including evaluation, selection, and contracts. Emphasis on integration of information technology and strategic planning.
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HCA 722 Legal, Ethical and Social Issues in Health Care Informatics
HCA 723 Health Care Systems Applications - Administrative and Clinical
A study of the administrative and clinical applications of health information systems with emphasis on content, functional and technical requirements.
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HCA 740 Introduction to Biomedical Database Applications
The course surveys the emerging field of biomedical database applications, which includes recurrent themes in biomedical database design.
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HCA 741 Essential Programming for Health Informatics
Study of programming topics and skills necessary to perform commonly encountered computational tasks in the field of biomedical and health informatics.
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HCA 742 Computational Intelligence in Health Informatics
HCA 743 Predictive Analytics in Healthcare
HCA 744 Text Retrieval and Its Applications in Biomedicine
Fundamental issues and current research in text retrieval, text classification and their biomedical applications; programming and use of indexing, query processing, and document retrieval methods.
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HCA 745 Health Big Data Processing Platforms
HCA 760 Biomedical and Healthcare Terminology and Ontology
HCA 776 Biomedical Natural Language Processing
Study of basic and essential concepts, techniques, and tools of Natural Language Processing for its application to the biomedical domain.
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HCA 789 Biomedical Information Extraction
HCA 800 Value Based Care Models
Overview of the major issues related to design, function, management, regulation, and evaluation of health insurance and managed care plans and implications for population health management.
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HCA 801 Design of Health and Human Service Systems
Develop and apply skills in analysis, synthesis and evaluation of systemic components necessary to delivery health care services in the United States of America. Counts as repeat of HCA 590 of same topic.
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HCA 813 Health Regulatory Policy and Politics
Social and political foundations of healthcare regulations including legal factors affecting patient/client care, operations, the administration of healthcare facilities and systems.
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HCA 821 Operations Management in Healthcare Organizations
Fundamental principles, concepts, and approaches regarding health care operations management, quality management, and process improvement.
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HCA 822 Human Resources Management for Healthcare Executives
Human resources management functions, processes and systems within healthcare organizations including recruitment, selection, training of personnel and the legal and regulatory environment.
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HCA 823 Strategic Planning in Health Care Organizations
HCA 830 Social Media & Healthcare: Opportunities & Pitfalls
Social media for healthcare providers, self-management, disease surveillance, mood/depression detection, social support for patients with chronic diseases. Social media as platforms for collaboration.
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HCA 835 Patient-Provider Communication: Strategies & Practices
Communication techniques including technological skills, social media skills, inter-cultural skills and the ability to understand the new and evolving empowered patients. Counts as repeat of HCA 590 of same topic.
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HCA 843 Quantitative Methods for Healthcare Administrators
Basic and intermediate methods that healthcare administrators and their teams use to analyze quantifiable data, including individual and group exploration into the terminology, application, selection, evaluation, and communication of these methods and their results.
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HCA 865 Financial Management for Health Care Organizations
Skills in analysis, synthesis and evaluation of advanced financial management theories, principles, concepts and techniques important to health management.
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HCA 866 Leading Change & Innovation in a System
Management of innovation business projects, including multi-tier contracting, virtual manufacturing, quality targeting and pursuit, and global operations. Counts as repeat of HCA 590 of same topic.
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HCA 867 Global Population Health Management
Examines the challenges and opportunities to improving health within and across populations, as well as models of value-driven accountable care.
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HCA 868 Health Law and Ethics
Critical examination for healthcare specific issues and differences from other industries; financial and accounting practice; legal requirements and constraints; ethical issues facing healthcare managers.
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HCA 869 Health Care Compliance
Fundamentals of health care compliance, following Health Care Compliance Association expectations. Partial preparation for Certification in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) exam offered by Compliance Certification Board.
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HCA 870 Internship in Health Care Administration
HCA 871 MHA Capstone
Capstone course in which students demonstrate mastery of integration and synthesis of didactic and experiential coursework. Facilitates the turning point from education to professional practice.
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HCA 890 Health Care Informatics Research and Thesis
HCA 891 Health Care Informatics Professional Project
HCA 909 Guided Teaching Experience in Health Sciences
This course provides the student, under the supervision of a faculty member, with the opportunity to design, deliver, and evaluate an undergraduate course.
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HCA 990 Research and Dissertation
HS 101 Introduction to Health and Disease
A survey of health promotion and disease prevention including fitness, nutrition, disease transmission, mental health, drug use, and other current health-related topics.
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HS 102 Healthcare Delivery in the United States
An introduction to healthcare delivery focusing on consumers, providers, organization, financing, quality and utilization of services, health planning, and political and governmental impacts.
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HS 102X Healthcare Delivery in the United States
An introduction to healthcare delivery focusing on consumers, providers, organization, financing, quality and utilization of services, health planning, and political and governmental impacts.
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HS 105 Survey of the Health Professions
An introduction to health professions, professional pathways, their work settings, and roles on the healthcare team. Other topics include: patient-professional communication, patient characteristics, medical terminology.
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HS 105X Survey of the Health Professions
An introduction to health professions, professional pathways, their work settings, and roles on the healthcare team. Other topics include: patient-professional communication, patient characteristics, medical terminology.
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HS 222 Language of Medicine
HS 224 Computational Tools for Healthcare Professionals
Healthcare focused introduction to computational tools for information management, including system architecture, process and ethical concepts. Incorporates training in office application software.
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HS 250 Allied Health Information Methods
Techniques and processes used by allied health personnel to translate thought and behavior into an acceptable style and format for documentation of activities.
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HS 251 Health Documentation
Appropriate health documentation techniques will be addressed including the medical; legal and reimbursement issues of patient assessment, problem identification, and patient care plans.
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HS 311 Law and Ethics for Healthcare Professionals
An introduction to law and ethics as it relates to healthcare including bioethics. Topics include contracts, torts, damages, negligence, malpractice, litigation and trial proceedings, and ethics in clinical and business decision-making.
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HS 311X Law and Ethics for Healthcare Professionals
An introduction to law and ethics as it relates to healthcare including bioethics. Topics include contracts, torts, damages, negligence, malpractice, litigation and trial proceedings, and ethics in clinical and business decision-making.
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HS 917 Seminar in Health Outcomes Assessment
Conceptual innovations and methodological strategies in outcomes research including implementation in clinical research and practice.
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