SELP 515 Healthcare Delivery Systems

3 semester hours

Mandatory entry-level course for 4+1 students and other students transitioning from non-healthcare fields. History and operations of U.S. private, non-profit, hybrid and government healthcare delivery systems. Costs and payment systems. Successes and challenges in modern healthcare. Introduction to: electronic records and their portability; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; healthcare informatics and electronic records, patient safety, medical devices and integrated systems. Review of quality, safety and regulatory systems. Non-U.S. healthcare delivery systems. Medical and healthcare jargon.

This course is available only to Healthcare Systems Engineering students.