Healthcare Collaboration and Conflict Resolution
With increasing expenditures, decreased access to care, concerns regarding preventable harm during treatment, looming labor shortages, expanding consumer responsibility, and rapid technological advances, healthcare has become a breeding ground for poor communication, unhealthy work environments, strained professional relationships, unsatisfied consumers, and complex public debates. Healthcare organizations, hospital administrators, patients, and clinical care providers are all seeking better options for working together.
The leading contributors toward injury during medical treatment are breakdowns in communication and teamwork. National efforts for improving the clinical work environment call for improved collaborative practice across the health professions from the Institute of Medicine, the National Patient Safety Foundation, the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO), and other national organizations indicate a need for resources that can contribute to the development of collaborative cultures for delivering health services. At the same time, the recurrent "medical malpractice crisis" has prompted Congressional and state legislative initiatives to address barriers to public reporting and access to medical services.
With the Healthcare Collaboration and Conflict Resolution specialization of our online Master's degree in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, you will gain the skills to develop partnerships and align interests in a vital industry. The stakes are high--life and death, large amounts of money, big institutions, and reputations.
Our leading-edge curriculum focuses on vital areas unique to the healthcare atmosphere, such as healthcare policy and law, patient safety, bioethics and end-of-life decisions, elder law, and clinical ethics. After graduation, you will be more than ready to take on a critical role in Healthcare Conflict Resolution and collaborative practice.
Online Master's Degree in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
Get more information about our online Healthcare Collaboration and Conflict Resolution specialization, or call us toll-free at (866) 717-6365 and learn to encourage teamwork within a complex healthcare environment.
The online Master's degree in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution is an interdisciplinary degree offered through the Werner Institute for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at the Creighton University School of Law.
