Health Care Technology: From Innovators to Providers to Patients
Course number(s): HRP 351Offered Winter quarter in the 2008-2009 academic year
Instructors
Stefanos A. Zenios - Stanford University
The workings of the major institutions such as hospitals, health insurance companies, HMOs, Medicare and Medicaid, federal regulators, and the medical establishment. National health expenditures and alternative models for healthcare financing and delivery. Trends in treatment innovations provided by biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, and surgical procedures; delivery innovations facilitated by information systems and new processes. Policy and business challenges raised by these innovations and the health care ecosystems they promote.
Level
Graduate
Units
4





