Allied Healthcare Management

Course Descriptions & Syllabi

Course descriptions are listed numerically. Prerequisites, if any, are indicated in italics above the course descriptions. These prerequisites have been established to assure an adequate and uniform background for students in advanced classes. Franklin University reserves the right to alter course offerings or course content without notice. Not all courses are offered every trimester.

HCM 200
Healthcare Terminology (2 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or permission of the Program Chair.
This course is a primer for individuals with little or no healthcare experience. The course covers the broad range of topics discussed in public health policy and in the healthcare setting. Terminology is associated with finance and reimbursement, managed care, quality and patient safety, government regulations, legal issues and accreditation.

HCM 300
Healthcare Management (4 cr. hrs.) 

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, Management Theory and Practices (BSAD 312), and Organizational Behavior (MGMT 325).
This course provides students with an overview of concepts and issues related to healthcare leadership. It is generally a required course for any subsequent healthcare management courses. Through the examination of management topics and healthcare situations, the student will explore the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in a diverse healthcare environment. Topics include healthcare leadership, organizational design as it relates to the uniqueness of healthcare organizations, managing professionals, and diversity in the workplace.

HCM 320
Healthcare Financial Management I (4 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and Financial Accounting (ACCT 215).
This is the first of two healthcare finance courses. Healthcare Financial Management I begins with an introduction to healthcare finance and a description of the current financial environment in which healthcare organizations function. It then will explore the basics of financial and managerial accounting, presenting concepts that are critical to making sound financial decisions to better the cost-effectiveness of the organization.

HCM 340
Community Health (4 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and Healthcare Management (HCM 300).
Declining reimbursement impacts the role healthcare organizations play in community health and disease prevention. This course focuses on specific strategies healthcare managers can use to benefit the health of communities. Topics include the role of healthcare stakeholders in promoting community health, connecting with the community, and community benefit standards.

HCM 350
Healthcare Informatics (4 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and Healthcare Management (HCM 300). 
As an introductory course for non-information management students, this course will cover the history of healthcare informatics, current issues, basic informatics concepts, and health information management applications. Topics include HIPPA and other legislation, application of electronic health records, and other clinical and administrative applications of health information systems.

HCM 410
Healthcare Management Internship (1-4 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s): Approval of Program Chair.
Provides qualified students with an opportunity to receive academic credit for supervised professional training and experience in an actual work environment. This Internship is an ongoing seminar between the student, the faculty member and the employment supervisor. It involves a Learning Contract, periodic meetings with the faculty representative, professional experience at a level equivalent to other senior-level courses and submission of material as established in the Learning Contract. Participation cannot be guaranteed for all applicants.

HCM 422
Healthcare Outcomes Management  (4 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, Healthcare Management (HCM 300), Healthcare Informatics (HCM 350), and Statistical Concepts (MATH 215).
This course will explore the essential principles and techniques of quality improvement applied to patient care and the management of services in healthcare organizations. The importance of quality management in leadership of organizations will be emphasized. Topics include fundamentals of quality management, system thinking and goal setting, improvement theories, data collection, statistical tools, medical errors and reporting, public perceptions and organizational accountability.

HCM 432
Healthcare Financial Management II (4 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and Healthcare Financial Management I (HCM 320).
An extension of Healthcare Financial Management I, this course offers an advanced and in-depth look at how healthcare managers can apply financial management theory and principles learned in Healthcare Financial Management I to make sound decisions in an ever changing healthcare economic climate. The course will be supplemented by case studies which will focus on topics contained in the course.

HCM 442
Legal Aspects of Healthcare Management (4 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s): Healthcare Management (HCM 300).
Individuals in the healthcare industry face ever changing legal and ethical trends in their environment. Practitioners, therefore, need to develop specific skills to evolve into the role of a change agent in order to manage these trends. This course will provide the student with the skills necessary to mitigate liability through risk management principles, develop relationship management skills, apply an ethical decision-making framework, incorporate employment law procedures, and manage communication.

HCM 472
Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Management (4 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and Healthcare Management (HCM 300). Not open to students with credit for HCM 332.
This is an issues oriented course that examines the healthcare delivery system in the United States. The course examines the entire continuum of care and uses the construct of a fully integrated system as a means to evaluate the current system to develop recommendations for further developments. Our intent is to identify the key issues confronting healthcare today, examine the causes and develop reasonable solutions to the current set of problems.

HCM 482
Healthcare Strategic Management (4 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s):Junior standing and Healthcare Management (HCM 300).
Planning is a major part of leadership in a healthcare organization. Healthcare organizations must have a clear strategy to manage technological, social, political, regulatory, competitive, and economic issues in order to be successful. The objective of this course is to provide the student with a strategic perspective and an understanding of the strategic process and structure.

HCM 495
Healthcare Management Capstone (4 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and the completion of all other Major Area courses.
The Healthcare Management Capstone is designed to assimilate and integrate knowledge and skills from previous coursework and field experiences. This class focuses on the key issues impacting the administration of today’s healthcare organizations and explores how those issues impact the delivery of care. The Healthcare Management Capstone prepares students to enter management positions in a healthcare setting. The goals of the course are to provide a solid foundation of applying managerial knowledge within the healthcare industry. The students will demonstrate the knowledge in a professionally competent manner conducive to the advancement of healthcare in the local community. This will include: the ability to express state-of-art knowledge about current issues facing the healthcare industry; and the ability to analyze and synthesize solutions to pressing healthcare issues. This course is designed to meet the Healthcare Management Program outcomes.

HCM 499
Independent Studies in Healthcare (1-4 cr. hrs.)

Prerequisite(s): Minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA, at least 16 credit hours completed at Franklin, related coursework completed with a minimum grade of “B” and permission of Program Chair.
Independent studies courses allow students in good academic standing to pursue learning in areas not covered by the regular curriculum or to extend study in areas presently taught. Study is under faculty supervision and graded on either a Pass/No Credit or a letter grade basis. (See the “Independent Studies” section in the Academic Bulletin for more details.)