• Deakin University

HME705.5 Financing Future Challenges

Explore the future challenges of funding hospitals, including issues of access and outcomes.

  • Duration

    2 weeks
  • Weekly study

    10 hours

Find out more about the degree

Build a career as a hospital administrator and make a difference to both patients and healthcare professionals with this degree from Deakin University.

By working towards this qualification, you will develop the skills needed for various hospital administrative roles like hospital manager, director or officer.

You will explore essential hospital management theories and be introduced to innovative business process and quality improvement techniques.

During your study, you will cover a range of topics, including healthcare operations and hospital financing, to consolidate your knowledge.

What topics will you cover?

  • identify key concepts related to funding on hospital service outcomes, delivery and health outcomes
  • describe the impact of funding systems, approaches and real-world transition on service quality, safety and access-of-care
  • analyse approaches and mechanisms for supporting the purchase and development of health technologies and their impacts.

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

Who is the course for?

Deakin University postgraduate students.

Who will you learn with?

Academic health management professional with a background as CEO in managing hospitals/public health in Victoria and NSW as well Chief Examiner for Australasian College of Health Service Management

Lecturer, School of Medicine, Deakin University. Imran's research interests range from information systems, Health information systems to Electronic health records and he is a widely published scholar

Who developed the course?

Deakin University

Deakin University is one of Australia’s largest universities with more than 61,000 students and over 15,000 online.

  • Established

    1974
  • Location

    Melbourne, Australia
  • World ranking

    Top 280Source: QS World University Rankings 2021

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