In Healthcare Management and Finance, learn to be a transformative healthcare leader and strengthen your understanding of management, finance, and accounting. Across this three-course series, you’ll explore the structure of healthcare organizations and how they work to provide quality healthcare within their communities. Use financial analysis techniques to determine the sustainability of organizations and institutions and better understand how organizations utilize budgets to manage their finances. Physicians and healthcare professionals looking to expand their knowledge of their organization’s practices and advance their careers.
Healthcare Management and Finance Specialization
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Healthcare Management and Finance Specialization
Become a transformative leader in healthcare. Explore how healthcare managers navigate the complexities of the healthcare system from both administrative and financial perspectives.
Instructors: Michael Rubyan
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.7
(79 reviews)
Beginner level
No prior experience required
1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Develop a foundational knowledge of healthcare organizations’ structure, management, marketing, leadership, and philanthropic work.
Evaluate the financial performance of healthcare organizations.
Build financial models for business planning in healthcare organizations.
Overview
Skills you'll gain
- Electronic Medical Record
- Balance Sheet
- Community Health
- Public Health
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Financial Statements
- Health Systems
- Clinical Leadership
- Capital Budgeting
- Human Resources Management and Planning
- Accounting
- Financial Analysis
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Price Negotiation
- Health Care Administration
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Management
- Financial Accounting
- Marketing
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Taught in English
36 practice exercises
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Specialization - 3 course series
What you'll learn
Develop foundational knowledge in the organization of healthcare delivery systems and organizational structures in healthcare nonprofits.
Identify and evaluate the functions, culture, and performance of healthcare provider organizations.
Identify, understand, and shape solutions to the central issues involved in achieving excellence in U.S. healthcare institutions.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Financial Management
Category: Philanthropy
Category: Electronic Medical Record
Category: Fundraising
Category: Health Care Administration
Category: Clinical Leadership
Category: Quality Improvement
Category: Health Systems
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Public Health
Category: Human Resources Management and Planning
Category: Community Health
Category: Organizational Structure
Category: Health Care
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Marketing Communications
Category: Health Policy
What you'll learn
Develop an understanding of basic financial accounting concepts and principles.
Explain the format and use of the financial statements for healthcare organizations.
Apply basic financial statement analysis techniques to evaluate the financial condition and performance of healthcare organizations.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Financial Statement Analysis
Category: Financial Statements
Category: Balance Sheet
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Accounts Receivable
Category: Resource Management
Category: Financial Management
Category: Healthcare Industry Knowledge
Category: Health Care Administration
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Accounting
Category: Profit and Loss (P&L) Management
Category: Resource Utilization
Category: Performance Improvement
Category: Financial Accounting
What you'll learn
Evaluate investment opportunities
Build financial models for business planning.
Develop business strategies based on financial models.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Business Valuation
Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Price Negotiation
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Corporate Finance
Category: Healthcare Industry Knowledge
Category: Financial Planning
Category: Cost Estimation
Category: Health Care Administration
Category: Finance
Category: Pharmaceuticals
Category: Negotiation
Category: Health Care
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Return On Investment
Category: Capital Budgeting
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