Stanford University - Introduction to Healthcare
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Introduction to Healthcare at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Introduction to Healthcare at Coursera Highlights
- This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
- Shareable Certificates.
- Graded Programming Assignments.
Introduction to Healthcare at Coursera Course details
- Solving the problems and challenges within the U.S. healthcare system requires a deep understanding of how the system works. Successful solutions and strategies must take into account the realities of the current system.
- This course explores the fundamentals of the U.S. healthcare system. It will introduce the principal institutions and participants in healthcare systems, explain what they do, and discuss the interactions between them. The course will cover physician practices, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, and insurance and financing arrangements.
- We will also discuss the challenges of healthcare cost management, quality of care, and access to care. While the course focuses on the U.S. healthcare system, we will also refer to healthcare systems in other developed countries.
- The Stanford University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Visit the FAQs below for important information regarding 1) Date of original release and Termination or expiration date; 2) Accreditation and Credit Designation statements; 3) Disclosure of financial relationships for every person in control of activity content.
Introduction to Healthcare at Coursera Curriculum
Overview of Health Care Systems and Key Challenges They Face
Introduction
A Simple Interaction Between Providers and Patients
The Problem of Risk
Solving the Problem of Risk: Risk Pooling
Insurance and Intermediaries for Risk Pooling
Beyond Patients, Providers, and Intermediaries: Other Players in the Health Care System
Overview of the Types and Roles of Intermediaries
Overview of the Types and Roles of Providers
Providers and Levels of Care
The Challenge of Rising Health Care Costs
The Challenges of Quality and Access
Lessons for AI and Data
Video Image Credit
Study Guide Module 1
Reflection Exercise
Reflection Exercise
Reflection Execise
Knowledge Check
Physicians, Physician Practices, and Physician Payment
Characteristics of Physician Practices
Physicians, Intermediaries, and Networks
Fee for Service Payment
Procedure Codes and Diagnosis Codes
The Medicare Fee Schedule
Capitation Payment Systems: Overview and Structure
Capitation Payment Systems: Scope of Capitation
Episode-Based Payment Systems and Salary Systems
Risk Shifting in Physician Payment and Multi-Layered Physician Payment Arrangements
Incentives Created by Physician Payments
Lessons for AI and Data
Wrap Up
Study Guide Module 2
Reflection Exercise
Reflection Exercise
Knowledge Check
Hospitals, Other Provider Organizations, and Related Payment Systems
Basic Operations and Characteristics of Hospitals
How Hospitals Relate to Physicians and Intermediaries
Hospital Payment Methods: Charge Masters/FFS and Per Diem
Hospital Payment Methods: DRGs
Hospital Payment Methods: Global Budgets
Hospital Payment Topics: Payments for Inpatient vs Outpatient Services, Hospital vs Physician Payments; Charges and Payments
Risk and Incentives in Hospital Payment
Independent Facilities - Structure and Payment
Health Care Systems and Larger Provider Organizations
Pay for Performance
EMRs, EHRs, and PHRs
Providers, Provider Incentives, Data, and Tools
Wrap Up
Video Image Credit
Study Guide Module 3
Reflection Exercise
Reflection Exercise
Reflection Exercise
Knowledge Check
Intermediaries, Health Insurance Plans, and Health Care Financing
Intermediaries and their Goals
Intermediaries and the Broad Challenges Facing Health Care Systems
Networks and Selective Contracting
Provider Payment Methods and Levels
Patient Cost Sharing
Utilization Review, Gatekeepes, and Other Methods of Directly Influencing Care
Coverage Decisions
Combinations and Tradeoffs
Three Stereotypical Plan Designs: "Traditional," HMO, and PPO
Some More Recent Trends in Plan Design
Public and Private Plans (and Employer-Provided Private Insurance in the U.S.)
The U.S. Medicare Program
The U.S. Medicaid Program
Intermediaries: Lessons for Innovators
Wrap Up
Study Guide Module 4
Reflection Exericse
Reflection Exercise
Knowledge Check
Health Care Products and Prescription Drugs, and Quality Measurement and Improvement
Health care products, approvals, and prescription drugs
Prescription Drug Approval Processes
Patents, Branded Drugs, and Generic Drugs
Patients, Insurance, Formularies, and Prescription Drugs
Intermediaries, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Drug Prices, and Rebates
Products and Prescription Drugs Wrap Up - Data and Opportunities for Innovation
Quality of Care Overview and Key Organizing Concepts
Overview, and Structural Quality Measures
Process Quality Measures
Outcome Quality Measures and Satisfaction Measures
Overview of Some Approaches to Improving Quality
Innovation and Data in Quality Improvement
Wrap Up
Video Image Credit
Study Guide Module 5
Reflection Exercise
Reflection Exercise
Knowledge Check
Ethics
Overview of AI applications in delivery of health care services and ethical issues
Ethical frameworks for health care and for AI
AI and incentives in health care delivery and payment structures
More examples of AI and incentives in health care delivery and payment structures
Exercise Reading
Study Guide Module 6
Reflection Exercise
Reflection Exercise
Course Wrap Up
Course Summary
Final Assessment Note
Claim CME Credit
Full Study Guide
Final Assessment
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