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Conceptual Approaches to Innovative Healthcare Organization
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:19.08.2024 10:24:21
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VVDG_032 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Public Management | Target Audience: | Management Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Daiga Behmane | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge in a healthcare organization | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of this course is to provide an overview of innovative conceptual approaches to healthcare organization in the context of meeting healthcare goals and challenges. This course is focused on the theoretical acquisition of knowledge and its practical application, as well as the development of an understanding of the possibilities, preconditions and determining factors for the implementation of innovative health system management solutions | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Goals, tasks and elements of health care systems. The context of systems theory. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Principles and tasks of health systems management. The role of the state. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Integrated health care | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Chronic care management | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Patient-centered health care | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Value based health care | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | • Independent acquisition of scientific literature • Collection, analysis and presentation of information • Interactive online group discussion • Case analysis, description and presentation | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • At least 50% attendance at lectures • Activity during interactive lessons and online discussions; • Accuracy and deadlines of individual works; • Written exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the study course, students will acquire knowledge in the following areas: • Basic knowledge of healthcare management and organization principles • Will be familiar with specific innovative health care approaches: integrated health care, chronic disease management, patient-centered health care, and value-based health care • Knows the basic conditions and prerequisites for the implementation of innovative organizational approaches | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will acquire the skills to: • Understand and be able to evaluate the usefulness and applicability of innovative health care organization approaches; • Analyze the benefits and challenges of different innovative care organization approaches • Identify the appropriate organizational conditions, tools and prerequisites for the implementation of new concepts • Recognize the problems of health management and justify the possibilities of innovative solutions in solving the problems • Analyze and evaluate the experience of other countries in implementing innovative solutions and adopting best practices | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to: • Identify and address health issues through innovative management and organizational solutions • Select appropriate innovative solutions to improve healthcare performance • To improve the compliance of the health care organization with the implementation of the values of individuals and society • Increase the efficiency of health services in the context of both global and local challenges | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Savigny D. (2009). Systems thinking for health system strengthening, WHO | ||||||||
| 2 | Rechel, B. (2020). How to enhance the integration of primary care and public health?: approaches, facilitating factors and policy options. Policy brief 34, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kodner DL. (2009). All together now: a conceptual exploration of integrated care. Healthc Q.;13 Spec No:6-15. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2009.21091. PMID: 20057243. | ||||||||
| 4 | Nolte, E., Knai, C., et.al. (2014). Assessing Chronic Disease Management in European Health Systems: Country reports. Observatory Studies Series, No. 39. | ||||||||
| 5 | Nolte, E., Sherry, Merkur S., Anell, A. (2020). Achieving Person-Centred Health Systems: Evidence, Strategies and Challenges, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. University Printing House, Cambridge CB2 8BS, United Kingdom, ISBN: 9781108790062 | ||||||||
| 6 | Nardini, C., et.al. (2021). The evolution of personalized healthcare and the pivotal role of European regions in its implementation. PERSONALIZED MEDICINE VOL. 18, NO. 3 | ||||||||
| 7 | Teisberg, E., Wallace, S., & O'Hara, S. (2020). Defining and Implementing Value-Based Health Care: A Strategic Framework. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 95(5), 682–685. | ||||||||
| 8 | Behmane D., Dūdele A. (2022). Vērtībās balstīta veselības aprūpes koncepcija, RSU, Amerikas Tirdzniecības palāta Latvijā | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Heide, I., et.al. (2016). How to strengthen patient centredness in caring for people with multimorbidity in Europe. Policy brief.22, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. | ||||||||
| 2 | Goodwin, N., Sonola, L., Thiel, V., Kodner, D. (2014). Coordinated care for people with complex chronic conditions. Key lessons and markers for success. The King’s Fund, London | ||||||||
| 3 | Behmane et al (2019). Latvia: Health System Review 2019, Health Systems in Transition, vol.21, no 4, 2019, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | WHO (2020). Building on value-based health care | ||||||||
| 2 | European Union (2019). Opinion on Defining value in “value-based healthcare”: Report of the Expert Panel on effective ways of investing in Health (EXPH), | ||||||||
| 3 | The European Health Management Association (EHMA) | ||||||||
