This course explores the tools, methods, and real-world applications of healthcare innovation from an operational and analytical perspective. Designed for professionals working at the intersection of healthcare and business, the course equips learners to analyze clinical and administrative processes, apply data-driven techniques such as hypothesis testing and experimental design, and implement performance improvement frameworks like Lean and Six Sigma. Emphasis is placed on measurable impact and strategic implementation across healthcare domains. The course blends quantitative tools with real-world insights, preparing learners to lead innovation that is efficient, scalable, and patient-centered.
Understanding the Healthcare Innovation Process II
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What you'll learn
Analyze healthcare delivery processes using performance metrics, process mapping, and process analysis.
Apply statistical tools, such as hypothesis testing, to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement.
Design and evaluate data-driven interventions using quality improvement frameworks such as Lean Six Sigma.
Assess the operational implications of healthcare innovations across service models, with attention to scalability, access, and clinical impact.
Skills you'll gain
- Quality Improvement
- Lean Methodologies
- Process Capability
- Health Informatics
- Telehealth
- Business Process
- Innovation
- Performance Improvement
- Operational Analysis
- Lean Manufacturing
- Operational Excellence
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Operations Management
- Statistical Hypothesis Testing
- Problem Solving
- Process Improvement
- Six Sigma Methodology
- Statistical Methods
- Quality Control
- Statistical Process Controls
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September 2025
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23 assignments
Taught in English
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There are 4 modules in this course
This module introduces the fundamentals of healthcare process analysis. It explores how clinical and administrative processes are structured, measured, monitored, and improved to ensure efficiency, quality, and patient-centered outcomes.
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16 videos6 readings7 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin
This module introduces core statistical concepts and experimental design principles for healthcare analysis and innovation. Learners explore hypothesis testing, probability distributions, and structured experimentation as tools for data-driven decision-making.
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16 videos2 readings5 assignments
This module introduces Lean and Six Sigma as complementary strategies for driving process excellence in healthcare. Learners explore tools and methodologies for eliminating waste, reducing variation, and leading transformational improvement initiatives.
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11 videos2 readings6 assignments1 peer review
This module explores how innovation is implemented in real-world healthcare settings across sectors like digital health, pharma, medical devices, and care delivery. It highlights the challenges, opportunities, and enabling technologies that shape transformative change.
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12 videos5 readings5 assignments1 plugin
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This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹
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