Healthcare Administration

Academic Division of Professional Programs

The Quincy College Healthcare Administration Program in mainly designed for students who anticipate transferring to a baccalaureate degree-granting institution. The course of study is interdisciplinary and includes the college core curriculum and courses specific to administration and healthcare as well as general liberal arts. Within this program students may choose the Medical Billing and Coding option.

View the curriculum for this associate degree program in the latest college catalog here.

Certificates

This certificate program is no longer accepting new students.

The Quincy College Healthcare Administration Certificate program of study is designed to prepare students for transfer to a two-year program and/or entry-level positions as managers and generalists in the healthcare industry. Employment possibilities include, but are not limited to, medical offices, hospitals, home health care services, and out-patient care centers as well as non-profit health related organizations.

Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of administrative principles
Identify the role and functions of a database
Differentiate between U. S. healthcare systems and other countries’ systems
Identify the roles of customer service as a business strategy in the healthcare setting
Show knowledge of healthcare finance structures
Demonstrate the ability to communicate in a professional manner

Degrees

Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:

Outline the ethical considerations that influence healthcare decision making
Identify the role and function of a database
Differentiate between U. S. healthcare systems and other countries’ systems
Identify the role of customer service and a business strategy in the healthcare setting
Show knowledge of healthcare finance structures
Demonstrate the ability to communicate in a professional manner

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Healthcare Administration Courses

- Code
- Course
- Credits
- BUS 101
- Introduction to Business
- 3
The role, growth, structure, and functional organization of modern business in the U.S. economy is explored. Comparative economic systems, sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, and the management, marketing, and financing of business organizations are covered. Opportunities in the business field are examined throughout the course. Students will be expected to complete outside research as a course requirement. Placement at ENG 101 level strongly advised.
- BUS 202
- Principles of Customer Service
- 3
This course examines the principles of customer service and their significance in a service-driven economy. Topics covered include: The Service Strategy, The Customer: Internal & External; Customers’ Wants & Needs; Communicating Customer Service; Profiles of Successful Companies; Service People-Motivation, Commitment, and Reward. Placement at ENG 101 level strongly advised.
- CSA 213
- Database Management
- 3
This course is designed to introduce the fundamental process of developing, implementing, and maintaining a database system in order to produce management information. MS Access or other relational database programs will be used. Database programming is also included.
- ENG 224
- Writing for Professionals
- 3
Students develop writing techniques and conventions peculiar to magazine writing, advertising, business, technical writing, and editorializing. Ads, technical articles, reports, abstracts, manuals, and documentation will be practiced.
- FIN 202
- Health Care Finance
- 3
The course focuses on health care finance as practiced within health care organizations, such as, hospitals, physician practices, clinics, home health agencies and managed care organizations. It covers the principles and applications of accounting and financial management. The course is organized around three critical elements: 1) the use of accounting information for decision making, 2) as a business the health care industry has some critical differences from other industries; and 3) the principles of economics are the conceptual basis for decision making.
- HCA 104
- Health Care Delivery Systems
- 3
The course introduces students to the historical development, structure, operation, and current and future directions of the major components of the American health care delivery system. It examines the ways in which health care services are organized and delivered, the influences that impact health care public policy decisions, factors that determine the allocation of health care resources and the establishment of priorities, and the relationship pf health care costs to measurable benefits. The course enables students to access the role of organized efforts to influence health policy formulation, and the contributions of medical technology, delivery system. Additionally, this course provides an orientation to key health care statistical information.
- HSC 140
- Medical Terminology
- 3
This course provides a foundation for the understanding of medical terms, their abbreviations, basic anatomy and physiology as well as pathological conditions. It includes the study of prefixes and suffixes and root/stem words as well as medical technology terms with an emphasis on spelling, pronunciation, definitions and common usage. This course is similar to learning a foreign language and involves the memorization as well as the application of words/terms. The student will study and demonstrate proficiency in spelling, pronouncing, definition and application of medical terms.
- IDS 155
- Critical Thinking & Writing
- 3
This course provides students with a foundation and practice in thinking clearly and critically. Practice includes developing writing skills that will enable students to clearly present claims to support their conclusions and avoid reinforcing biases. Practice in thinking clearly includes the opportunity to analyze and discuss various types of media - including television, cinema and print - to determine which sources provide the most reliable information and to identify faulty thinking. Topics addressed include the relationship between critical thinking and clear writing, credibility of sources, rhetorical devices, fallacies, unclear or misleading language, and the characteristics of various types of arguments.
- PHL 103
- Medical Ethics
- 3
This course will examine a number of value problems arising from the broader context of ethical systems and explore them within the context of medicine and health care. Among the ethical problems, particular considerations will be given to euthanasia, abortion, genetic research, and human experimentation. Issues of medicine and the public interest will also be discussed. Open to all students. Placement at ENG 101 level strongly advised.
- SOC 112
- Interpersonal Communication
- 3
An experience-based introduction to the concepts and skills in oral communication; listening, feedback, group discussions, speeches, self-disclosure and relational communication.