HIM 4200 - Strategic, Organizational and Financial Management

Prerequisite(s): HIM 3200, HIM 3700 and HIT 1200.
Health care leaders must organize systems, lead and influence people. At the same time, leaders must vision the big picture and adapt to change. Skills in personal leadership style, effective communication, strategic thinking and building alliances are explored. Techniques for team success, negotiation, facilitation, networking, consensus building and benchmarking are discussed. Principles of management, power, politics, health policy making, regulation and conflict are examined. Practical applications of health care accounting and finance, including budgeting, forecasting, ratio and variance analysis and procurement are detailed with current examples. Health care initiatives of EHR incentives, Meaningful Use and ICD-10 implementation are considered from a financial perspective. Credit(s): 3 (3 plus 0)