Clinical Services Management (AHCM)

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4000 Level Courses

4302. Financial Management for Clinical Supervisors (3:3:0). Examines the basic principles of financial management related to clinical support activities.

4303. Principles of Personnel Management for Clinical Supervisors (3:3:0). Provides an overview of interpersonal dynamics, conflict resolution, and supervisor responsibilities.

4304. Management of Clinical Services in Healthcare Organizations (3:3:0). Provides an overview of operations management and practical decision-making by analyzing the day-to-day operations in clinical support service activities.

4305. Capital Project Design (3:3:0). Methods for management of capital projects. Topics include financial considerations, procurement, site preparation, contracting, scheduling, and acceptance for operational readiness.

4306. Marketing Principles and Entrepreneurship for Healthcare Professionals (3:3:0). The course covers the principles of marketing and their application in healthcare delivery systems.

4308. Organizational Behavior (3:3:0). Organizational dimensions of goals and values of organization and managers; perspectives on corporate social responsibility; influence of government, history, and culture on organizations; effective management roles; dynamics of formal and informal groups; and understanding and working with people.

4311. The U.S. Healthcare System (3:3:0). A review of the healthcare system, both public and private sector examining organizational structures and the legislative, legal, and market impacts upon the current integrated delivery system.

4312. Foundations of Managed Care (3:3:0). Examines principles of managed care and contemporary issues in the organization and administration of managed healthcare organizations.

4313. Community Health Issues (3:3:0). A review of national, state, and local community agencies; preventive health services, public health, wellness, personal fitness, stress management, changing lifestyles, and analysis of national issues in the past 50 years.

4314. Quality Assurance and Risk Management (3:3:0). An overview of legal requirements and ethical standards in healthcare. Topics include the principles of total quality management (TQM), continuous quality improvement (CQI), joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations (JCAHO) requirements, quality assurance, risk management, outcomes measures, bench-marking, and utilization management in the clinical support service setting. Includes an overview of case law that has resulted from expectations of patients and payers, fiduciary responsibility of hospital boards and districts, and changing technology.

4315. Issues in Gerontology for Healthcare Managers (3:3:0). Overview of the physical, psychosocial, cognitive, cultural, and environmental factors that affect persons as they age. Special topics include financial and administrative issues that affect patient service, adaptive equipment, assistive technology, and community resources.

4316. Integrated Delivery Systems and Organizational Relationships (3:3:0). An overview of the components and organizational issues of integrated delivery systems.

4317. Statistics for Healthcare Supervisors (3:3:0). Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, quantitative and qualitative research designs, and relate their application for clinical and managerial operations in a healthcare organization.

4318. Healthcare Law and Ethics (3:3:0). An introduction to the regulatory, legal and ethical issues related to the healthcare delivery industry. Topics of study are directed toward reimbursement issues; utilization review; HIPPA; patient rights; malpractice; long-term regulatory issues; and federal, state and local statutes.

4320. Long-Term Care Management (3:3:0). This course is an overview of the nursing home industry and the managerial requirements associated with long-term care institutions. This course provides an introduction to state and federal regulatory aspects of facility management, care delivery systems, and reimbursement and personnel administration.

4321. Regulatory Aspects of Long-Term Care (3:3:0). This course presents an analysis of regulatory requirements in the daily operational environment of a certified and licensed long-term care facility. Topics in this course include Texas, Federal and JCAHO regulatory requirements of the care as well as architectural and life safety code compliance issues of long-term care facility operations.

4331. Leadership in Healthcare Organizations (3:3:0). An overview of management theory and leadership principles. Topics include behavioral and managerial practices with emphasis upon interpersonal relations, problem solving skills, time management, stress management, and wellness.

4360, 4361. Special Topics (3:3:0). Guided independent research projects with focus upon a management problem in the clinical support service setting.

4363. Long-Term Care Practicum (3:3:0). Permission of instructor required. Supervised work experience in an approved long-term care facility (nursing home). Two semesters of this internship are required for those who are seeking licensure as a licensed nursing home administrator. Students must meet all the requirements listed for AIT Qualifications and Requirements as listed in the Administrator-In-Training Manual (09/01/2004), or most recent version, Texas Nursing Facility Administrator Program, and Department of Aging and Disability Services. May be repeated up to three times.

4401. Healthcare Management Information Systems (4:4:0). The basic concepts and tools for collecting and analyzing data used by healthcare organizations. Topics include an overview of current desktop computer technology, local area networks (LAN) and integration of information system networks.

4477. Case Study I (4:4:0). This course provides a review and application of the principles studied within the CSM curriculum. This course will place specific emphasis on financial analysis, industry analysis, internal analysis, competitive advantage, marketing, and strategic planning and analysis.

4478. Case Study–Management Project in Special Topics (4:2:4). Guided independent management project with a focus upon a problem related to the specialty area of their A.A.S. degree discipline, or professional interest in a healthcare management issue.

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