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Introduction to Finance Course Overview

This course will review basic financial concepts and provide examples of practical applications in the workplace.

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Quick Takes

  • CNE credit available
  • Updated version released Aug 2024, reviewed every 3 years

To effectively manage revenue and expenses in health care operations, personnel must understand and be comfortable with financial information and the factors that impact health care economics.

Course objectives

  • Explain the basic concepts of finance related to operations.
  • Demonstrate use of key financial measurements and calculations.
  • Describe the difference between volume-based and value-based health care systems.
  • Illustrate one example of how staff members can reduce the cost to deliver care.

Key feature

  • Interactive, practical guided scenarios.

Note: This course is only available to staff at PLS Participating Hospitals through their Learning Management Systems.

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