GCC - 571 Human Centered Health Systems Integration

Students will explore the various aspects of complex health ecosystems and related issues. They will explore Human Centered Design of Health Care Systems with entrepreneurial mindset. To better design the future systems with better human-system integration. Students will learn principles of Human Systems Integration theory and explore design methods to understand, model and design interconnections, value webs, and future systems and services. The students will learn to elicit new behaviors and create solutions that benefit all stakeholders essential to optimizing health systems. Students will also learn context and get an immersive view of health care systems and introduction to public health. They will be able to apply methods of systems design as part of their semester long project in healthcare systems design. Students will explore the concepts of stakeholder needs mapping, empathy for consumers of services, co-design for creating value and services as well as systems integration with key elements of innovation. Students will also learn to create ideas and prototype solutions iteratively with evaluations done frequently. This class will also teach students how to build their impactful presentations on systems design. Offered: Fall. Retake Counts for Credit: No. Pass/No Pass Grading Allowed: No. Credit(s): 2