Clinical Professor of Nursing
Healthcare Strategy and Innovation
What You'll Learn
- Develop and align a strategic plan to an organization’s mission, vision, values
- Understand informatics and innovation to drive changes in healthcare
- Apply human-centered design approaches to strategic initiatives
4 Modules
16 Hours
4 hrs per module (approx.)
Rating
About Healthcare Strategy and Innovation
“Healthcare Strategy and Innovation” dives deep into strategic planning, innovation, and informatics in healthcare, giving you the tools to drive organizational success. You'll master key concepts like defining mission, vision, and values and learning to differentiate strategic planning from other types of planning. Throughout the course, you’ll learn to produce innovative outcomes for your teams and patients by aligning strategies with your organization’s core values and your proposals. Essential business tools covered include SWOT analysis, balanced scorecards, dashboards, value-based assessments, and strategic planning templates. Explore healthcare innovation principles, focusing on health informatics to implement cutting-edge innovations. Through applied learning and strategic communication, you'll sharpen your ability to question, plan, and innovate effectively in the healthcare sector.
This is the second course in “Leadership for Healthcare Professionals” Specialization, a course series designed to help professionals in all healthcare roles sharpen their leadership skills and advance their careers.
Skills You'll Gain
- Healthcare Quality Management
- Healthcare Strategy
- Human-Centered Design
- Strategic Planning
- SWOT Analysis
What You'll Earn
- Certificate of Completion:
- Certificates of completion acknowledge knowledge acquired upon completion of a non-credit course or program.
Welcome Message
Welcome to Healthcare Strategy and Innovation, the second course in the Leadership for Healthcare Professionals series. This course is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the skills to drive organizational success through strategic planning and innovation. You will learn to define mission, vision, and values, apply strategic planning methodologies, use essential business tools, and leverage health informatics to implement innovations. This course emphasizes applied learning, strategic communication, and practical approaches to improving healthcare systems.
This abbreviated syllabus description was created with the help of AI tools and reviewed by staff. The full syllabus is available to those who enroll in the course.
Course Schedule
Module 1: Principles and Concepts of Strategic Planning
- Video: Welcome to Course 2: Healthcare Strategy and Innovation
- Reading: Course Syllabus
- Discussion Prompt: Meet Your Fellow Learners
- Reading: Help Us Learn About You!
- Video: Foundations of Strategic Planning
- Reading: Strategic Plan Essentials
- Graded Assignment: Knowledge Check: The Foundations of Strategic Planning
- Video: Strategic Leadership
- Reading: Skills and Competencies for Leading Change
- Video: Mission, Vision, and Values: What Do They Tell Us?
- Video: Stakeholder Engagement, Innovative Thinking, and Operations Efficiency
- Graded Assignment: Knowledge Check: Stakeholders and Engagement
- Video: Data-Driven Decision Making
- Video: Talent Management in Strategic Planning
- Reading: Time to Practice: Matching Data to Talent Profile
- Video: Strategic Plans in Healthcare Organizations
- Reading: Develop and Write a Winning Strategic Plan
- Graded Assignment: Knowledge Check: What Do Strategic Plans Look Like?
- Discussion Prompt: Tell Us, What Do You Think?
- Reading: Module 1 Optional Readings & Resources
Module 2: Methods to Develop Strategic Plans and Communication Implementation
- Video: Aligning Strategies with the Organizational Mission, Vision, Values & Governance
- Video: Approaches to Strategic Planning (Part 1)
- Video: Approaches to Strategic Planning (Part 2)
- Reading: Using PESTEL Analysis for Strategic Planning
- Graded Assignment: Knowledge Check: Approaches to Strategic Planning
- Video: The 4 P's of Strategic Planning
- Reading: Conquering Challenges in Healthcare Strategic Planning
- Graded Assignment: Knowledge Check: Purpose, People, Process, and Performance
- Discussion Prompt: Tell Us, What Do You Think?
- Reading: Introduction to Module 2 Assignment: Using Tools for Strategic Planning
- Reading: Introduction to the Gamut Gallery
- Reading: Module 2 Wrap Up: Using Tools for Strategic Planning
- Reading: Module 2 Optional Readings & Resources
Module 3: Innovation Principles and Concepts in Healthcare Leadership
- Video: Design Thinking
- Video: Agile Methods
- Video: Human-Centered Design
- Reading: Design Thinking Applications in Healthcare
- Graded Assignment: Knowledge Check: Innovation Concepts and Frameworks
- Video: Successful Innovation in Healthcare
- Reading: Successes in Healthcare Innovations
- Video: Entrepreneurship in Healthcare
- Video: A Tutorial on Design Sprints
- Reading: Design Methods and Innovation Traps
- Reading: Redesigning Hospital Rooms: A Design Sprint Activity
- Graded Assignment: Knowledge Check: Examples of Innovations in Healthcare
- Video: Innovations in Digital Health
- Reading: Fundamentals Concepts in AI
- Reading: Virtual Nursing & Hospital Care at Home
- Discussion Prompt: Tell Us, What Do You Think?
- Reading: Introduction to Module 3 Assignment: Design Sprint
- Reading: Module 3 Wrap Up: Design Sprint
- Reading: Module 3 Optional Readings & Resources
Module 4: Informatics in Healthcare
- Video: What Healthcare Informatics Is and Is Not
- Reading: Healthcare Informatics Deep Dive
- Video: Healthcare Informatics Systems and Tools
- Reading: Connecting Informatics Software and Healthcare Operations
- Graded Assignment: Knowledge Check: Introduction to Healthcare Informatics
- Video: Positive & Negative Impact of Healthcare Informatics
- Reading: Impact of Poorly Aligned Information Systems on Providers and Operations
- Graded Assignment: Knowledge Check: Recognizing the Impact of Healthcare Informatics
- Reading: Transformative Nature of Healthcare Informatics
- Video: Future Developments in Knowledge
- Video: Future Developments in "Technology"
- Discussion Prompt: Learning About & Critically Reflecting on AI in Healthcare
- Video: Module 4 & Course Wrap-Up
- Reading: Module 4: Optional Reading & Resources
- Reading: Post-Course Survey
Grading Policy
To complete the course and earn a certificate, learners must achieve an overall grade of 80%. The course grade is based on two quizzes worth 25% each, and two assignments worth 25% each.
Clinical Associate Professor
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Beginner Level
A basic understanding of business principles and fundamentals of how healthcare organizations function.
