Natalia Santamaría teaches classes in project management and operations management for non-business graduate students. Her research, which focuses on competitive bidding and decision making under competition and uncertainty, has been published in Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Production and Operations Management. Prior to joining Johnson in 2014, she was an assistant professor in the industrial engineering school at Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia. She earned a BS and an MSc in industrial engineering from Universidad de Los Andes, an MSc in operations research from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in supply chain management and operations research from the Pennsylvania State University.
Healthcare Operations ManagementCornell Certificate Program
Overview and Courses
Careers in medical and health management are projected to grow rapidly over the next ten years, as the need to develop effective healthcare operations has never been more pressing.
This certificate program provides you with the tools to analyze and identify strategies to improve the operational performance of healthcare organizations. Courses focus on key concepts in four essential areas of operations management: process analysis, service operations, quality management, and inventory management. You will begin by implementing process analysis tools to create a flow diagram and explore performance measures that can be used to measure the effectiveness of current processes within an organization. Next, you will practice using statistical analysis to evaluate the efficiency of service operations in a variety of contexts, including in person and virtual. Quality control is an essential part of any business operation, and as part of this program you will be introduced to statistical process control as a tool for evaluating and improving the quality of systems and processes. Finally, you will look at different methods for tracking inventory and implementing strategies to improve business performance. Upon completing this program, you will possess the tools and skills to successfully manage operations in the healthcare industry.
The courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.
Course list
Processes are the building blocks that define everyday operations in all organizations, including healthcare organizations. All organizations run on processes, so the work of analyzing a department, a team, or even the entire organization starts with an analysis of the underlying processes.
In this course, you will analyze processes where the input and processing rates are fixed and have no variability. You will investigate the basic tools of process analysis, starting with the process flow diagram and ending with the performance measures of the process. You will create a flow diagram of a system or process in your own organization, and finally, you will identify and quantify the effects of the bottlenecks in that system or process and propose strategies to manage them.
A healthcare organization's service operations encompass all of the processes and systems through which the organization provides care and service to its customers, whether through human contact, automated systems, or virtually. Ensuring that service operations are optimized for effectiveness and efficiency as well as positive customer experiences is the goal of service operations management. Since the level of demand in these systems is often variable, analysis and improvement can be challenging.
In this course, you will review the probability and statistics concepts necessary to analyze a service process where the level of demand is variable and explore how that variability affects the efficiency of systems. You will practice using tools of queue analysis, including the Lq approximation and Little's Law, to analyze service operations, and you will investigate ways to reduce variability in service processes. Finally, you will analyze a specific service process and recommend improvements to reduce processing and wait times.
The following course is required to be completed before taking this course:
- Analyzing Operations Processes
Every process needs a quality control method in place to ensure products and services are delivered consistently according to the quality standards set by the organization. To manage the quality of a process or service operation, you need the metrics required to analyze the process and you need a control system in place to monitor the quality of the product or service it produces. The set of activities and methods that ensure the quality of the products or services are what's known as the quality control system.
In this course, you will use statistical process control tools and procedures to evaluate whether a system or process is in control (consistent) and capable (delivering according to needed specifications.) You will use tools for finding the root cause of a quality problem. Finally, you will propose a method to measure the quality of a process or system in your own organization and propose strategies to decrease variability within the process.
The following courses are required to be completed before taking this course:
- Analyzing Operations Processes
- Improving Service Operations
Inventory levels impact operational performance, customer service, and the cost structure that delivers a product or service. Carrying inventory is costly because it ties up cash and creates risk of obsolescence. Therefore, an inventory management policy aligned to deliver the organization's objectives needs to be in place.
In this course, you will explore the drivers of inventory strategy and compare product life cycles. You will practice using the appropriate models and approaches to match levels of inventory with demand in a way that maximizes profit, and you will determine the optimal policies to manage two types of inventory in a given scenario. Finally, you will recommend strategies to improve operations management in your organization based on the principles of the Toyota Production System.
The following courses are required to be completed before taking this course:
- Analyzing Operations Processes
- Improving Service Operations
- Designing a Quality Control System
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Key Course Takeaways
- Identify and quantify the effects of a bottleneck in a fixed process or system and propose strategies to manage bottlenecks
- Analyze a service process with variable levels of demand and recommend improvements to reduce processing and wait times
- Use statistical process control methods to measure the quality of a process and recommend strategies for improvement
- Use the appropriate models and approaches to match levels of inventory with demand
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Not ready to enroll but want to learn more? Download the certificate brochure to review program details.What You'll Earn
- Healthcare Operations Management Certificate from Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
- 40 Professional Development Hours (4 CEUs)
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Who Should Enroll
- Mid-career healthcare professionals
- Physicians transitioning into a managerial role
- Nurses and nurse practitioners taking on management responsibilities
- Healthcare policy professionals looking to transition into operations management
- Business management professionals/MBA students who wish to specialize in healthcare operations
- Customer-facing managers in government agencies
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“eCornell’s online Healthcare Operations Management program provided me a common analysis toolset for my projects and helped me arrange my teamworks more efficiently and effectively.”
“This program expanded my current role in health care and my confidence! It was easy to fit in the coursework while working full-time. The teaching was great and the assignments were clear.”
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Healthcare Operations Management
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