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Intercultural Health Care Management
Program
JAIMS offers the Intercultural Health Care
Management Program (IHCMP) to educate your company's health
care professionals about
the American managed care system. JAIMS developed this innovative
program together with Medical Consultants Corporation to bring
together health care providers from Japan with
health care professionals and hospitals in the United States.
Participants in IHCMP study, observe and learn how Western medical
facilities manage numerous hospital functions, including new
management techniques, processes for improving efficiency and
effectiveness, and other details of the American managed care
system. The program can be tailored to include:
- Concepts taught by U.S. doctors and health
care professionals
- Site visits to leading health care facilities
in Honolulu
- Receptions with health care professionals
- Professional language translators, program
coordinators, and translated course materials
Customized Programs
Each IHCMP is planned for up to two weeks in length and is tailored
to the needs and concerns of each group. Shorter or longer programs
are available, however. The customized program of topics may include:
- Introduction to the American Managed Care
System
- Trends and Issues in the U.S. and Japan Health
Care Industry
- Strategic Planning in Health Care
- Japanese Case Exercise in Strategic Planning
- Ethics and Role of the Physician
- Health Care Marketing
- Insurance Trends - Evaluating Physicians
- Information Management
- Telemedicine and Clinical Information System
- Acuity-based Scheduling
- Day Surgery Program
Site Visits
Participants will gain first-hand experiences by visiting medical
facilities that will provide half or full day site-visit experiences,
tailored to the participants, and mutually beneficial to participants
and hospital personnel. Activities may include an overview of hospital
management, a description and observation of selected operations
and departments, and a discussion of management issues with hospital
administrators and physicians.
Accomplished Instructors
You will be taught by highly qualified and experienced practicing
professionals versed in a particular specialty, including medicine,
administration, marketing, facilities management and law; adjunct
faculty of the University of Hawaii School of Medicine who are also
medical doctors; and experienced faculty of the University of Hawaii
at Manoa College of Business Administration and other universities
who have taught health care professionals in business management
topics.
If interested, e-mail . JAIMS will work with you to develop a program that will meet your needs,
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