HSM408 Current Issues in Health Services Management (8)

CSU Discipline Area: Allied Health (ALHEA)

Duration: One session

Abstract:

Students develop an understanding of determinants of health and other issues currently impacting on health services, and how to analyse health policy aimed at addressing these. Students analyse the implementation of health policy and other initiatives requiring changes to resource distribution or shared values in their own workplace.

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Session 1
Distance	Bathurst

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Enrolment restrictions:

Available only to postgraduate students in health services related courses

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

be able to identify and critically analyse a variety of issues in health service delivery that could be considered "current";
be able to critically appraise issues in health service delivery in terms of their ethical considerations, place in health and social policy, importance in resource allocation and managerial decision making;
be able to synthesise knowledge of contemporary health policy and its implementation with an understanding of the complexity of their health services management context ;
be able to analyse health policy with particular attention to managerial processes within their scope of influence.

Syllabus:

The subject will cover the following topics:

Policy analysis
The case study method of enquiry
Change management
Technology issues
Funding issues
Workforce issues
Social and consumer issues
Ageing and aged care service issues
Securing the health of communities
Service development issues
Safety and quality health care
Improved distribution and equitable access to services
Hospital-centrism

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