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Quality Improvement for Population Health (Coursera)

Mar 25th 2024
Quality Improvement for Population Health (Coursera)
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Quality improvement methods were first deployed in healthcare in e hospital settings. However, over the past decade particularly, there has been increasing focus on the application of these methods in improving population and public health. In this course, you will apply a combination of both approaches to population health [...]

Population Health: Alternative Payment Models (Coursera)

Mar 25th 2024
Population Health: Alternative Payment Models (Coursera)
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The way we currently pay our care providers lead to suboptimal outcomes and unnecessary spending. Consequently, we fail to maximize the value of our health care services. We need to change provider payment models in order to keep health care systems financial sustainability. Doing nothing is not an option. [...]

Population Health: Responsible Data Analysis (Coursera)

In most areas of health, data is being used to make important decisions. As a health population manager, you will have the opportunity to use data to answer interesting questions. In this course, we will discuss data analysis from a responsible perspective, which will help you to extract [...]

Healthcare Delivery Providers (Coursera)

Welcome to the exciting world of Healthcare Delivery Providers! This second course in the Healthcare Marketplace Specialization will help you understand the various providers of healthcare across the U.S. delivery continuum. We will explore the unique value proposition of the various providers- from hospitals and clinics to physicians to [...]

Breastfeeding: Public Health Perspectives (Coursera)

Mar 18th 2024
Breastfeeding: Public Health Perspectives (Coursera)
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Engaging in this course will provide you with the opportunity to think about breastfeeding and its public health implications. The Socio-Ecological Model will be the framework of the course as we think about how each level of the Model (individual, interpersonal, community, organizational, and public policy) impacts breastfeeding practices [...]

Genetic Epidemiology Foundations (Coursera)

This course is designed to provide students with the foundation necessary to conduct statistical analysis of genetic association study data. This course includes topics such as quality control in genetic studies, population-based case-control association studies, genome-wide association studies, and foundational concepts in population genetics and the history of genetics [...]

Assessing and Improving Community Health (Coursera)

Mar 18th 2024
Assessing and Improving Community Health (Coursera)
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This course is intended to serve as an introduction to population health from both the vantage point of both public health and healthcare. We will examine the key components of community health needs assessments, how they are used, and how to compare population health assessments across subpopulations and time. [...]

The Influence of Social Context on Health (Coursera)

Mar 18th 2024
The Influence of Social Context on Health (Coursera)
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Why are some groups healthier than others, and how do these differences emerge and persist over the life course? How do social policies (e.g., housing, transportation, employment) relate to health and health inequalities? Why are there health disparities even in countries that have free universal health care? This course [...]

Value-Based Care: Population Health (Coursera)

Mar 18th 2024
Value-Based Care: Population Health (Coursera)
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This course is designed to introduce you to the concept of population health and related key terms. Refine your understanding of population health and what influences health care costs. Gain an overview of population health management, beginning with a high-level review of four critical areas: addressing behavioral and social [...]

Population Health: Study Design (Coursera)

Mar 18th 2024
Population Health: Study Design (Coursera)
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Health care professionals increasingly have to make clinical decisions in aging and diverse populations. Also, they have to deal with rising health care costs, fragmented health care supply and advancing medical technologies and IT systems. These developments go beyond every day practice and will require new skills. In this [...]