The Quality of Health Care in America
GHHP 50
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Course Information
Description
This course offers an introduction to the field of health care quality in the United States. Over the past two decades, quality of care has been recognized as one of the most important areas of medicine and health policy. In this course, students will be exposed to timely issues related to the current quality of health care and efforts to make improvements. Students will be grounded in the current state of the US health care system, with consideration given to where it excels (e.g., advances in diagnosis and treatment) and where it requires improvement (e.g., errors of commission and omission, threats to patient safety, flaws and waste in the delivery of services). Students will be introduced to methods for improving the quality of care. Problems in the quality of care experienced by selected populations will be explored. Throughout the course, students will hear from leaders in the field of health care who will present their own research and recommendations for improving the quality of health care in America.
Course Notes
Lotteried course, enrollment limited to 42.
Not Available for Cross Registration
NOTE: This course requires additional sections; you will be prompted to choose secondary components during the Add to Cart process
