PHSC 500 - Introduction to Population Health Management

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course focuses on Population Health Management’s principles as a pro-active and implementation-based management approach to tackle health disparities, foster health equity, and improve population health outcomes. Population health management has emerged as an essential strategy for healthcare providers and payers. This course examines the challenges and opportunities to improve health within and across populations and value-driven accountable care models. This course will discuss the basic principles of Population Health Management that will help students (future) health care professionals or policymakers analyze current healthcare challenges and design possible solutions using the Population Health Management Approach.