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Course
List & Schedule
FALL
2008
Cause-and-Effect Connections between Quality
and Efficiency,
Brenda Bruns, MD, MSMgt.,Begins
10/2/07.
Registration 8
seats left.
Maintaining the Financial
Health of a Healthcare Organization,
Bill
Kramer,
Begins 11/13/07.
Registration 11
seats left.
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Entire Certificate
Discount:
Registering for all 6
courses (non-credit) at the same time saves you $300 off
the tuition Register
here.
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If you are interested
in earning either undergraduate or graduate level
credit, contact Lori Silverman at llsilver@pdx.edu
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WINTER 2008
Culturally Competent
Patient Centered Care
James Mason, PhD.,
Begins 1/8/08.
Deciphering the Management
and Leadership Matrix
Jim Tuchschmidt, MD, MM,
Begins 2/19/08.
SPRING
Technology
Innovations and Reality
Jim Moon,
Begins
4/1//08.
Healthcare Economic Trends and
Impact
Allan Weiland, MD.
Begins
5/6/08. | |
| Cause
& Effect Connections Between Quality &
Efficiency |
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If you have worked in
healthcare for any length of time, even a few days, I am
sure you have opinions about the quality of care, or
efficiencies of the organization for which you are
employed. Dr. Bruns, the instructor for our first Fall
course on Quality & Efficiency has gone to great
lengths to carefully select pertinent articles and case
studies that will help any healthcare manager understand
the complexities and inter-relatedness of competing
quality concerns and efficiencies.
She designed
this course with the following learning objectives in
mind;
That students will be able to
- Share with colleagues how healthcare quality affects the cost and
efficiency of healthcare delivery
- Apply methods of
quality measurement and process improvement to everyday
healthcare operations
- Understand the consequences
of provider, patient and health plan decision-making on
the cost of healthcare
- Develop actionable plans
for improving healthcare value
This means, that
while students are attending the six week course, they
will be able to work on a process improvement project
relevant to the work they are currently doing. It
promises to be an exciting and interesting course.
Along with an interesting project, and wealth of
articles, the text she has selected is "Crossing the
Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century"
published by the Institute of Medicine.
Many
students who have already attended previous healthcare
management courses may have seen Dr. Bruns as a guest
speaker. They can vouch for the fact that she is highly
engaging, her presentations are quick moving, with
several points of levity throughout. It will not be a
dull class by any stretch! She has a fascinating guest
speaker on the schedule discussing six sigma principles
applied to healthcare concern, and an opportunity for
plenty of group discussion.
This Fall is going to
be a perfect time to start the Healthcare
Management Certificate. If you choose to take the
classes consecutively you could start
in October and finish the program in June!
-- Lori Silverman, Program
Manager
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Dr.
Brenda Bruns, Quality & Efficiency
Instructor
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| You are invited to an Information
Session |
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The Professional
Development Center welcomes you to a short, informal
presentation
Thursday, September 13 from
5:30-7pm,
at the Simon Benson House (corner of
Park and Montgomery, on the PSU Campus)
Light
refreshments served.
Featured programs:
Healthcare Management,
Human Resource
Management, Strategic Human Resource Management,
Project Management
RSVP to Lola Bichler at
503-725-4853. or click
here.
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