STRT 6440 — Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations
4 semester hoursGraduateLecture
Provides a conceptual foundation for formulating and implementing business strategy within the healthcare industry. Focuses on market opportunities and challenges as they apply to healthcare organizations such as hospitals, physician organizations, nursing homes, and pharmaceutical/biotech companies. Incorporates analytic frameworks from economics, management, law, and psychology. Examines several types of business models for organizing and delivering healthcare services such as management service organizations, independent practice associations, and physician-hospital organizations. Key strategic topics covered include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and alliances. Implementation topics feature organizational design and performance evaluation systems.