健康科学学士学位-卫生服务领导力和管理

选择此浓度的学生将需要完成24到27个课程小时。这种集中度旨在通过允许学生参加支持各种健康和社会服务就业机会的课程，为学生提供对健康科学的一般兴趣，以攻读学士学位。卫生服务领导和管理集中的主要重点是基于家庭和社区的服务。随着美国老龄化人口的不断增长，越来越多的老年人以及患有精神和身体残疾的人选择在自己的家中而不是在养老院，医院中接受医疗和支持服务，以及其他机构。通常提供的服务可能包括护理，疗法和个人护理服务，例如呼吸疗法，医疗社会服务，营养咨询，房屋维护和改建，车辆改建，移动协助，暂息护理，家庭送餐，个人
Students who select this concentration will be required to complete 24 to 27 course hours. This concentration is designed to provide students with a general interest in Health Sciences to pursue a Bachelor's degree by allowing students to take courses supporting a variety of Health and Social Services employment opportunities. The main focus of the Health Services Leadership and Management concentration is home and community based services. As America's aging population continues to grow, more elderly individuals, as well as those with mental and physical disabilities, are choosing to receive medical care and support services in their own homes instead of in nursing homes, hospitals, and other institutions. Services typically offered may include nursing, therapies, and personal care services such as respiratory therapy, medical social services, nutritional counseling, home maintenance and modifications, vehicular modifications, moving assistance, respite care, home delivered meals, personal emergency response system, assistive technology, community transitional services and home and community support services.<br><br>The approach to home and community based services is designed to establish and manage networks of service providers capable of meeting these individuals' daily needs. The goal of home and community health services is to prevent premature and/or unwanted institutionalization by providing a coordinated plan of care and services to individuals of any age who would otherwise require nursing facility care. People who need long-term health care often prefer to live at home or in the community rather than moving to an institution such as a nursing home. Home and community based care has been proven to be more cost effective but until recently Medicaid, which is the major payer of long term care has been structures to favor institutional care over home and community care. The Affordable Care Act gives states an incentive to expand home and community based services in Medicaid. Hence, states are changing their Medicaid programs to include more home and community care services.