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Health Care Today
Course: HCC130AA

First Term: 2017 Fall
 Lecture   0.5 Credit(s)   0.5 Period(s)   0.5 Load  
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S - Standard Load


Description: Overview of current health care professions including career and labor market information. Health care delivery systems, third-party payers, and facility ownership. Health organization structure, patient rights and quality care.



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Explore the career and labor market to access information about career employment opportunities. (I)
2. Describe the different types of health care delivery systems and services. (II)
3. Describe major US health care payment sources and the type of populations they cover. (III)
4. Describe the general structure of health care organizations. (IV)
5. Identify common departments found in health care organizations. (IV, VI)
6. Explain patient rights measures used in health care. (V)
7. Identify selected department and treatment abbreviations and symbols. (VI)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Employment in the Health Care Field
   A. Career opportunities and employment trends
      1. Health care careers
      2. Internet
   B. Employment resources
      1. Newspaper classified advertisements
      2. Job placement/career counselors
      3. Employment agencies
      4. Health career facility bulletin boards
      5. Internet
      6. Networking with professionals in the field
      7. Instructors
      8. Health care hotlines
      9. Library resources
   C. World Wide Web
      1. Terminology
      2. Student information
      3. Health career information
II. Health Care Delivery Systems and Services
   A. Examples of health services
      1. Acute
      2. Chronic
      3. Long term/rehabilitation
      4. Home health
      5. Women and children
      6. Community health
      7. Hospice
   B. Continuum of care delivery system
      1. Primary
      2. Secondary
      3. Tertiary
III. US Health Care Payment Sources
   A. Third party payers
      1. Medicare
      2. Medicaid/Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
      3. Indemnity insurance
      4. Managed care
      5. Worker`s Compensation
   B. Populations served
IV. Health Care Organizations
   A. Ownership
      1. Proprietary (For profit)
      2. Voluntary (Not for profit)
      3. Government
   B. Mission
   C. Governing board
      1. Function
      2. Personnel
   D. Administration
      1. Titles
      2. Responsibilities
   E. Medical staff
      1. Organization
      2. Specialties
   F. Departments
V. Patient Rights
   A. Sources
      1. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 1987 (OBRA 87)
      2. American Hospital Association (AHA)
   B. Content
   C. Comparison
VI. Selected Department and Treatment Abbreviations and Symbols
   A. Organizational abbreviations
   B. Health care symbols
 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: June 27, 2017

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