CLASS

DATE

MATERIAL COVERED

1

Mon 8/29

INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH SERVICES

     Assignments:

·        Chapter 2 - Overview of the U.S. System of Health Care

2

Wed 8/31

HOW DID WE GET HERE?

     Assignments:    

·        Chapter 1- Evolution of Health Services

·        Chapter 8 – Evolution of Public Health

·        Visit and write assessment of American Public Health Association website:   http://www.apha.org

·        Hand in Portfolio

Mon 9/5

No class

3

Wed 9/7

WHY DO WE NEED HEALTH SERVICES?

     Assignments:   

·        Chapter 4 – Patterns of Illness & Disease

·        Visit and write assessment of Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report website:    http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr

·        Chapter 12 – Mental Health Services

·        Visit and write assessment of Healthy People 2010 website:

      http://www.healthypeople.gov

4

Mon 9/12

FINANCING & INSURANCE

     Assignments:

·        Chapter 5 – Financing Health Services

·        Visit and write assessment of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid website:

      http://www.cms.hhs.gov

5

Wed 9/14

     Assignments:    

·        Chapter 6 – Managed Care

·        Read Article:  Managed Care    http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/topics/manag.html

·        Hand in Portfolio

6

Mon 9/19

     Assignments:

·        Chapter 7 – Private Health Insurance

·        Visit and write assessment of Private Health Insurance Plans Association web site:    http://www.ahip.org

Research Paper Assignment

7

Wed 9/21

Mid-term Exam:  Chapters 1-2, 4-8, 12

OUT-PATIENT AND PRIMARY CARE

     Assignments:

·        Chapter 9 – Ambulatory Health Care Services

·        Visit and write assessment of Bureau of Primary Care website:

      http://bphc.hrsa.gov/bphc/index_1.htm 

·        Hand in Portfolio

8

Mon 9/26

INPATIENT FACILITIES & SERVICES

      Assignments:   

·        Chapter 10 – Hospitals & Health Systems

·        Visit and write assessment of American Hospital Association website:

       http://www.aha.org/aha/about/index.html

9

Wed 9/28

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

     Assignments:    

·        Chapter 14 – Health Care Professionals

·        Visit and write assessment of American Medical Association website:

      http://www.ama-assn.org

·        Research Paper Synopsis due.

·        Hand in Portfolio

10

Mon 10/3

LONG-TERM CARE

     Assignments:

·        Chapter 11 – the Continuum of Long-Term Care

·        Visit and write assessment of American Health Care Association website:  http://www.ahca.org

·        Visit and write assessment of Long-Term Care Link website:

      http://www.longtermcarelink.net

11

Wed 1/5

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY

     Assignments:

·        Chapter 3 – Medicine & Technology

·        Chapter 13 – Pharmaceuticals

·        Visit and write assessment of Pharmaceutical Industry Info website:

      http://www.pharmaceutical-industry.info

·        Hand in Portfolio

12

Mon 10/10

QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE

     Assignments:

·        Chapter 16 – Assessing & Improving Quality

·        Visit and write assessment of American Health Quality Association website: http://www.ahqa.org

·        Visit and write assessment of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website:  http://www.ahrq.gov

13

Wed 10/12

HEALTH POLICY & POLITICS

     Assignments:    

·        Chapter 15 – Health Policy and the Politics of Health Care

·        Visit and write assessment of DHHS Policies & Regulations website:

       http://www.hhs.gov/policies/index.shtml

·        Hand in Portfolio

14

Mon 10/17

FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE & INSURANCE

     Assignments:

·        Read Article: Do We Really Have Best Health Care in the World?                    http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0404/0404.worldsbest.html

·        Read Article: Future of Health Care & the Impact of the Internet

                  http://www.informatics-review.com/thoughts/next.html

·        Research Paper due.

15

Wed 10/19

Final Exam: Chapters 9-11, 13-16