Overview
Description
Overview of the U.S. health care system, its structure, and challenges in today’s environment.
Requirements
Corequisites
PBH 101
Original catalog text
Corequisites
Corequisite(s): PBH 101.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- summarize the history and major milestones in the development of our health care system.
- describe the continuum of care in today’s health care systems environment.
- identify the various professional guilds that participate in the US Care System.
- demonstrate the skills of Quality Improvement in case studies.
- articulate the quality, cost, value-driven concepts included in the Affordable Care Act.
- discuss the many roles that technology is participating in with patient care diagnostic equipment, clinical decision-making, administrative services, and the financing of services.