About this course: In this course in the Healthcare Marketplace specialization you will identify, define, and describe potential business and public policy solutions to the challenges facing society’s growing demand for health services. Students will master a body of knowledge on the health care sectors major components through reading and reflection. Healthcare has many different cultural components that will be discussed as historic trends as well as future demographic challenges. You will understand diverse philosophies and cultures within and across societies as they relate to healthcare. This outcome is particularly critical because of the tradeoffs needed to be assessed as medical technology advances faster than budgets and perhaps cultures are sometimes willing to tolerate. At the end of the day, you will gain an appreciation for the role of creativity, innovation, discovery, and expression across disciplines in the development of new medical care solutions through and examination of the physician, medical technology and financing sub-sectors of the health economy.

Created by: University of Minnesota

Taught by: Stephen T Parente, Professor
Carlson School of Management, Department of Finance

Basic Info	Course 1 of 5 in the Healthcare Marketplace Specialization
Level	Beginner
Commitment	5 weeks of study, 2 - 4 hours/week
Language	English
How To Pass	Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
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Syllabus

WEEK 1

EVOLUTION OF THE HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE

In this module you will learn about the economic history of one of the largest segments of the world’s economy. You will become acquainted with world trends in health and the stakeholders that comprise the healthcare marketplace ranging from physicians to hospitals to insurers and pharmaceutical firms. The take-away messages from this module are that there are many competing voices in the health economy. Furthermore, many of these voices have growing and evolving economic interests that spill over into all aspects of society. The skills gained from this module to enable a successful capstone is an appreciation of the role of government and regulation in the making and destruction of markets. One person’s new law may be a huge hindrance but also a giant opportunity for profit from another party. You will be better prepared to distinguish the difference and succeed.

13 videos, 3 practice quizzes

Video: Healthcare Marketplace Specialization
Video: Welcome to the Healthcare Marketplace Overview Course
Video: About Stephen T. Parente or 'My Five Hats'
Video: Ahoy There and Welcome Aboard!
Video: Module 1 Overview
Video: 1.1.1 Marketplace Overview
Video: 1.1.2 Healthcare Spending Drivers
Video: 1.1.3 Healthcare Quality Trends
Practice Quiz: Introduction to the Healthcare Marketplace
Video: 1.2.1 Market Evolution: Pre-World War II
Video: 1.2.2 Market Evolution: Post-World War II
Discussion Prompt: Discuss Post World War II Marketplace Evolution
Video: 1.2.3 Market Evolution: Health Cost Growth
Practice Quiz: Pre-War Sector Evolution
Video: 1.3.1 Key Issues for the 21st Century
Discussion Prompt: Key Issues for the 21st Century
Video: 1.3.2 Effects of Health Behaviors
Practice Quiz: Post-War to Multi Trillion Global Economy

Graded: Healthcare Marketplace

WEEK 2

PHYSICIAN AND HOSPITAL SERVICES MARKET

In this module you will learn about the provider market in the health economy. The provider market mainly consists of the physician and hospital sectors. Combined they are largest source of expenditure in the health economy. The take-away messages from this module are the provider market has demonstrated significant monopoly and the ability to set prices as well as price discriminate. The market is also one of the most technology advanced, regulated and human capital intensive markets on the planet – all of which contribute to significant barriers to entry that reinforce market power. The skills gained from this module are an understanding of the physician and hospital’s voice of customer for a market research plan. In addition, the learner will gain an understanding of the range of sites of care as well provider reimbursement mechanism that are so critical for revenue generation within the hospital setting.

14 videos, 4 practice quizzes

Video: Module 2 Overview
Video: 2.1.1 Provider Market Overview
Video: 2.1.2 Price Discrimination in Practice
Video: 2.1.3 Physician Market Evolution
Video: 2.1.4 Physician Sites of Care
Practice Quiz: Healthcare Delivery Evolution
Video: 2.2.1 Physicians in the 21st Century
Discussion Prompt: How Does History Shape the Physician Market?
Video: 2.2.2 What is a Physician?
Practice Quiz: Physician Market
Video: 2.3.1 Hospital Market Evolution
Video: 2.3.2 Hospital Features Today
Video: 2.3.3 Hospital Scale and Scope
Video: 2.3.4 Hospital Issues Today
Video: 2.3.5 Quality and Safety
Practice Quiz: Hospital and Institution Market
Video: 2.4.1 Hospital Future Trends
Video: 2.4.2 Policy Impact on Hospitals
Discussion Prompt: When is Competition a Good Thing or Not?
Practice Quiz: Hospital Market Trajectory

Graded: Physician and Hospital Services Market

WEEK 3

INSURANCE MARKET

In this module you will learn about the health insurance market. Since the mid-20th century government and private health insurance has been the primary funding vehicle of health care in the industrialized world. The long story of US and other nations health reform will be examined as well. The take-away messages from this module are the health insurance market is a unique form of insurance. Furthermore, its design has been greatly impacted by government intervention over a 100-year arc.The skills gained from this module are an understanding risk and insurance as well as the technology platforms used by the insurance industry to measure cost and quality. Key knowledge for use in the capstone is an understanding health insurance reimbursement and the issues faced by insurers when they consider funding a new medical technology for patient use.

14 videos, 3 practice quizzes

Video: Module 3 Overview
Video: 3.1.1 Risky Business
Video: 3.1.2 Utility of Wealth
Video: 3.1.3 How Does Insurance Work?
Video: 3.1.4 Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection
Practice Quiz: What is Health Insurance?
Video: 3.2.1 Early Public Health Insurance
Video: 3.2.2 Early U.S. Private Insurance
Video: 3.2.3 Major Points of Inflection
Discussion Prompt: How do Historic Moments Shape the Insurance Market?
Video: 3.2.4 Health Insurance Today
Practice Quiz: Evolution of Health Insurance
Video: 3.3.1 The Uninsured Problem
Video: 3.3.2 America's 100 Year Health Reform Opera
Video: 3.3.3 Current U.S. Health Reform
Video: 3.3.4 Future Health Reform - Part 1
Video: 3.3.4 Future Health Reform - Part 2
Practice Quiz: Health Reform Now and Eternal

Graded: Insurance Market

WEEK 4

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MARKETS

In this module you will learn about the medical technology market. This will provide an excellent overview for the in depth look at this in Course 3 of this specialization. The focus is on the medical device and pharmaceutical market. The take-away messages from this module are medical technology prices are costly because high regulatory and development burden to get to market. In addition, the pathways to payment for medical devices are pharmaceuticals are distinct but share more in common than are dissimilar. The skills gained from this module are an understanding of the regulatory burden of securing intellectual property rights as well as getting the technology clear for use from a safety and effectiveness perspective. Learners will under the key ingredient of technology dossier required for sales and marketing of a product on a global scale.

11 videos, 3 practice quizzes

Video: Module 4 Overview
Video: 4.1.1 What is a Device? What is a Drug?
Video: 4.1.2 Medical Device Evolution
Video: 4.1.3 Medical Devices Today
Video: 4.1.4 Vision 2010 Case
Practice Quiz: Medical Technology Evolution
Video: 4.2.1 How Does a New Technology Make Money?
Video: 4.2.2 Obtaining FDA Approval for Pharmaceuticals
Video: 4.2.3 Obtaining FDA Approval for Medical Devices
Discussion Prompt: Is Technological Change Worth it?
Practice Quiz: Pharmaceuticals & Regulatory Pathways
Video: 4.3.1 The Drive Towards Cost-Effectiveness
Video: 4.3.2 Preparing a Global Health Technology ‘Dossier’
Video: 4.3.3 Pharma & Device Convergence
Practice Quiz: Measuring Medical Technology Value

Graded: Medical Technology Market

WEEK 5

GLOBAL MEDICAL INNOVATION

In this module you will learn about the global market trends. You will also learn the key components of medical technology valuation. The take-away messages from this module are that health economy continues to expand and there are many behavior challenges that are problems as well as opportunities. The module concludes showing a promising technology that is novel, needed, cost-effective and will deliver return – rare qualities when all are checked-off. The skills gained from this module are targeting global health market trends ripe for opportunity as well as knowledge of the checklist of key areas to be covered for the capstone project’s assessment of a promising new innovation.

16 videos, 3 practice quizzes

Video: Module 5 Overview
Video: 5.1.1 Globalization of the Medical Industry
Video: 5.1.2 Medical Tourism Evolution & Growth
Discussion Prompt: Is Medical Tourism a Fad? How Does it Affect Healthcare?
Video: 5.1.3 Medical Tourism: The Case of India
Video: 5.1.4 Key Issues of the 21st Century
Video: 5.1.5 Health 'Bads' and Their Consequences
Practice Quiz: Global Medical Evolution
Video: 5.2.1 Goals of Health Information Technology
Video: 5.2.2 Value of Health Information Technology
Video: 5.2.3 Insurer Information Technology
Video: 5.2.4 Provider Information Technology
Video: 5.2.5 Information Technology for Integrated Health Care Delivery
Practice Quiz: Health Information Technology
Video: 5.3.1 Key Questions for an Innovation Valuation
Video: 5.3.2 What is the Technology?
Video: 5.3.3 Who Owns the Technology? Is it Safe?
Video: 5.3.4 Will the Technology Return Investment?
Video: 5.3.5 Final Summary and Next Steps
Practice Quiz: Global Medical Innovation Valuation

Graded: Market Sizing Memo

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Rated 4.4 out of 5 of 216 ratings

Great course on US Healthcare Industry. very useful for novices, introduces all aspects of the industry, top issues and trends !

It's a dynamic industry so perhaps provide links where new research and statistics can be found. Great course for those new to the industry.

Great course. Very interested in going to the next sections. Some oddities about question ordering and repetition, but nothing that inhibits the learner from continuing.

Really nice primer. Dr. Perente's teaching style is funny, engaging and educational! As someone taking a HEOR course myself, I would love to get an opportunity to meet him one day.