This course is a study of the healthcare delivery systems and their components including programs, providers, policies, and payment systems. Students will examine the healthcare delivery system in terms of cost, quality, and access as they explore various healthcare organizations and the people they serve. The course emphasizes the U.S. healthcare delivery system, while exploring health systems across the globe.

This course provides an understanding of the healthcare delivery system and its role to support health and wellness by providing cost-effective, quality care. Student will explore the healthcare delivery systems, as it currently exists, its challenges, and efforts to improve its efficiency.

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in Module 1: Week 1.

Discussions (5)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread of a 400–500 words. The student will then submit replies of 200–300 words to at least 2 classmates. APA style formatting and in-text referencing with a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed resources are required on all posts and replies. Please review carefully the Discussion Assignment Instructions document.

Essay: Vulnerable Populations Assignment

Identify a vulnerable population in the United States, fully describe the population in terms of person and geography including social determinants of health. Describe the challenges they face in accessing health care, evaluate 2 current solutions and propose 2 potential solutions to this problem. In your analysis include a Biblical perspective on health disparities. Please review carefully the “Instructions for Vulnerable Populations” document.

Essay: Comparative Analysis Assignment

Compare the U.S. health care system with at least 2 other systems and describe similarities and differences, across financing systems, cost, and quality. Please review carefully the “Instructions for Comparative Analysis” document.

Essay: Health Innovations Assignment

Discuss how innovations in health information technology are generating both positive and negative effects in the delivery of health care. Please choose one health information technology choose and select at least 3 benefits and 3 potential negative effects (and potential solutions to mitigate ill effects) in the delivery of healthcare. Please review carefully the “Instructions for Health Innovations” document.

Quizzes (8)

There will be a quiz in each module: week that covers the reading and study pertaining to that Module: Week. Each quiz is 10 questions with a time limit of 1 hour. The quizzes are open-book and open-notes.