5 credits
To make informed decisions, healthcare administrators need to synthesize an abundant and wide variety of healthcare data. Students in this course are provided with techniques to transform healthcare data and analytical tools needed to make critical decisions. This course helps students understand healthcare analytics so they can make data-driven decision for the healthcare organization. Data mining, using operational data, methods for interpreting data, and the use of technology in the collection and application of data are explored. Students apply data-driven decision-making skills to practical application through the use of contemporary and practical case studies. They also apply techniques for presenting data to stakeholders.