Healthcare Management Degree (BHCM): Gerontology Management
Bachelor's degree
Online
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
Flexible
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Virtual classes
Yes
AIU's online Gerontology program is a targeted degree program designed to help students gain a comprehensive core of knowledge about the U.S. healthcare system, including its structure, operations, regulations and management, with a focus on services for the aging population.
The online Gerontology program helps provide students with an opportunity to study healthcare directly across many disciplines, in order to help students prepare for opportunities in healthcare management. Added focus is placed on the management of teams that interact with patients who have special medical, social and financial conditions associated with advanced aging.
About this course
Interpret and explain concepts effectively in various healthcare organizations and situations
Demonstrate and understanding of the aging services industry including nursing care, home healthcare services, retirement communities, delivered services, rehabilitation and therapy facilities, memory care services and assisted living
Apply principles of economics and finance to make effective decisions in various healthcare settings for various contemporary healthcare practices and functions
Analyze the relationships between costs, quality, and access to healthcare in the U.S.
Formulate current operation’s management practices and principles used in the current healthcare environment
Evaluate the types of information and information systems capabilities/technology needed by healthcare organizations
Evaluate potential ethical and legal conflicts in healthcare related to legislative and regulatory issues affecting healthcare
This business program is programmatically accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
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Subjects
- Financial
- Healthcare
- Case Management
- Gerontology
- Sociology
- Administration
- Information Systems
- Ethical Environment
- Financial Management
- Research methods
Course programme
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- English Composition I
- English Composition II
- General College Mathematics
- Sociology
- Academic and Professional Success
- Technology and Information Literacy
- Interpersonal Communication
- Humanities (2 Courses)
- Natural Sciences (2 Courses)
- A combination of 8 electives dependent on Program
- Principles of Accounting I
- Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
- Financial Management
- Introduction to Healthcare
- Health/Public Policy
- Survey of Healthcare Management
- Risk Management in Healthcare
- Quality in Healthcare
- Healthcare and Human Resources
- Research Methods for Healthcare
- Case Management for Gerontology
- Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare
- Sociology and Aging
- Administration Long Term Care I
- Marketing to an Aging Population
- Healthcare Information Systems
- Counseling for Gerontology
- Death and Dying
- Program Capstone
Additional information
Total tuition for this degree program may vary depending on your educational needs, existing experience, and other factors.
Healthcare Management Degree (BHCM): Gerontology Management