AI Series: Introduction to Healthcare

Internet Enduring Material Sponsored by Stanford University School of Medicine. Presented by the  Center for Health Education at Stanford University School of Medicine.  This course is designed to teach students how the health care system works. It will introduce the principal institutions and participants in health care systems, explain what they do, and discuss the key interactions between them. The course will cover physician practices, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance and financing arrangements. It also includes discussion of the challenges of health care cost management, quality of care, and access to care.

The course focuses on the U.S. health care system, and makes some reference to health care systems in other developed countries. This course aims to make students conversant in the key issues they will encounter and need to understand to be strong participants in efforts to improve health care delivery and the health care system.

  Release Date: August 10, 2023
  Expiration Date: August 9, 2026
  Estimated Time to Complete: 12.0 hours

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1. Evaluate the principal types of health care providers and the major ways in which health care providers are organized, paid, and interact with patients and insurers
2. Determine the role of public and private intermediaries (insurers) in the health care system, their common activities, and the ways that they interact with health care providers and patients
3. Analyze important aspects of the regulation of pharmaceutical products and financing for use of pharmaceuticals
4. Utilize organizing principles to improve health care quality and key aspects of current quality measurement and improvement activities

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Credit Designation 

American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 12.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cultural.html

Reference/Bibliography List
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