Healthcare Quality & Safety
Contact
Name:
Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD
Curriculum
(* refers to footnotes)
Advanced Practice Certificates (APCs)
APC in Healthcare Quality & Safety
- HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety (*1)
- OPX 530: Applied Leadership Strategies for Effective Change (*4)
- HQS 504: High Reliability
APC in Healthcare Quality & Safety (QIPS Track)
- OPX 520: Change Management
- HQS 509: Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality
- HQS 515: Applied Principles of Patient Safety
- Monthly live virtual sessions & mentored project
For more information on APC QIPS Track, please visit here.
Graduate Certificate
- OPX 530: Applied Leadership Strategies for Effective Change (*4)
- HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety (*1)
- HQS 509: Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality
- HQS 515: Applied Principles of Patient Safety
- HQS 504: High Reliability
Master's Degree
- OPX 530: Applied Leadership Strategies for Effective Change (*3, 4)
- HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety (*1)
- HQS 509: Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality
- HQS 515: Applied Principles of Patient Safety
- OPX 520: Change Management
- HQS 504: High Reliability
- HQS 512 Business Case for Quality
- HQS 505: Advanced Tools & Methods for HQS
- HQS 507: Advanced Applications of HQS in Clinical Settings
- Elective (Program Director approval needed) (*2, 3)
- HQS 650: Capstone *
Additional Elective Options
- HQS 508: Quality in Post-Acute Care Settings
- HQS 516: Teaching Quality & Safety
- OPX 532: Project Management Essentials
- OPX 540: Baldrige
- OPX 550: Fundamentals of Six Sigma DMAIC (additional fee)
Footnotes
There is a maximum number of credits that can be waived or substituted. Students must request applicable waivers at time of admission - they are not automatically applied. See Student Handbook for more details.
- Waived for members of the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) who hold the Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) credential.
- Waived for members of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) who have completed qualifying courses in the SHM Leadership Academy (Master's only).
- Waived for members of the American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) who have completed the master's pre-requisites, or graduates of an accredited MBA/MHA program.
- Waived for members of the Pennsylvania Medical Society.
*The MS culminates in a Capstone which incorporates knowledge and skills gained through the master's program education. The Capstone should advance knowledge which can be applied to the student’s discipline and/or organization.
For course descriptions, please view the Jefferson College of Population Health Course Descriptions page.
Program Outcomes
The HQS program prepares graduates to lead the transition of healthcare delivery towards high-value care by preparing them to:
Graduate Certificate
- Apply management and leadership skills to develop policies related to measurement and improvement of HQS
- Integrate change management theory into project management program design to improve healthcare quality and patient safety
- Distinguish the various factors that influence risk in health care and discuss the legal principles and regulatory mechanisms that relate to it
- Apply the foundational concepts of quality and safety measurement, improvement and analysis within the framework of collaborative team dynamics and change management
Master’s Degree (above plus)
- Produce evidence to support healthcare policy development and change
- Integrate quality, safety, and transformation/change management tools to promote patient safety
- Design and implement performance improvement strategies at a system level
- Assimilate interprofessional collaboration into an organizational strategic plan for compliance with internal and external influences on quality and safety
- Evaluate effectiveness of various performance improvement interventions and outcomes
- Develop systematic approaches to drive broad-impacting improvements in clinical outcomes across the healthcare continuum