MCiM Curriculum

How might we apply ideas from ethical theory to contemporary issues and debates in biotechnology? This course will provide critical encounters with some of the central topics in the field of bioethics, with an emphasis on new technologies. 

This course is taught by David Magnus, Thomas A. Raffin Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine and by Courtesy of Bioengineering at Stanford University, where he is Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and an Associate Dean of Research.

Learn essential accounting concepts and operating characteristics of accounting systems in this introductory course. The course focus will be on both financial and managerial accounting with emphasis on the basics of financial statements, how to interpret these statements, and how to make good decisions based on them.

This course is taught by John Lord, lecturer from the School of Management Science and Engineering. 

The course will provide an in-depth examination of the quality & patient safety movement in the US healthcare system, the array of quality measurement techniques and issues, and perspectives of quality and safety improvement efforts under the current policy landscape.

This course is co-taught by Kristin Sainani and Regina Nuzzo. Kristin is an Associate Professor with Health Research and Policy.  Regina specially co-teaches this MCiM course, her primary role is a professor of statistics at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C.

Organizations need frameworks to plan for growth, respond to challenges and/or changes in the market, or tackle gaps in performance. This course explores how to assess business opportunities in dynamic, competitive environments to develop the insights that can lead to success. 

This course is co-taught by Tip Kim and Linda Hoff. Lecturers only for MCiM's business strategy course, both Tip and Linda primarily work in industry as leaders at Stanford Health Care.

How might we apply ideas from ethical theory to contemporary issues and debates in biotechnology? This course will provide critical encounters with some of the central topics in the field of bioethics, with an emphasis on new technologies. 

This course is taught by David Magnus, Thomas A. Raffin Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine and by Courtesy of Bioengineering at Stanford University, where he is Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and an Associate Dean of Research.

The Master of Science in Clinical Informatics Management (MCiM) program requires a Practicum project from each student while enrolled at Stanford University. It is a vital part of the educational curriculum as students are given an opportunity to directly apply programmatic competencies within the three pillars of medicine, technology, and business.

This course is taught by Kavita Patel, appointed Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of the Policy Program at Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.

This course introduces the principles, processes, and tools necessary to analyze markets, including customers, competitors, and companies, and to design optimal marketing programs via strategies for pricing, promotion, place, and product. This course will apply these frameworks to the specific context of health care markets and the complex arena of patient engagement.

This course is taught by Jonathan Levav, King Philanthropies Professor of Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Faculty Director of the Behavioral Lab. 

Health information technology was intended to help reduce costs and improve the quality of health care services. To date, there is little evidence that this goal has been achieved. This course is designed to explore economic frameworks that can help us to understand how health IT can achieve its intended goals.

This course is taught by Kevin Schulman, Professor of Medicine, Associate Chair of Business Development and Strategy in the Department of Medicine, Director of Industry Partnerships and Education for the Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC) at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and Professor of Economics at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He is also the Director of Graduate Studies and Faculty Director of MCiM. 

In Biodesign for Digital Health, students will learn about digital health and the Biodesign need-driven innovation process from a team of experienced instructors and more than 50 industry experts. Over the course of 10 weeks, these speakers join the teaching team in a dynamic classroom environment that includes lectures, panel discussions, and breakout sessions. Student will learn how to apply Biodesign innovation principles to research and evaluate needs, ideate solutions, and objectively assess them against key criteria for satisfying the needs. 

This course is taught by Kate Rosenbluth. Dr. Rosenbluth is an alumni of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign fellowship program, she is a lecturer specifically for MCiM Biodesign course and primarily works in industry. 

How might we apply ideas from ethical theory to contemporary issues and debates in biotechnology? This course will provide critical encounters with some of the central topics in the field of bioethics, with an emphasis on new technologies. 

This course is taught by David Magnus, Thomas A. Raffin Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine and by Courtesy of Bioengineering at Stanford University, where he is Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and an Associate Dean of Research.

The Master of Science in Clinical Informatics Management (MCiM) program requires a Practicum project from each student while enrolled at Stanford University. It is a vital part of the educational curriculum as students are given an opportunity to directly apply programmatic competencies within the three pillars of medicine, technology, and business.

This course is taught by Kavita Patel, appointed Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of the Policy Program at Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.

This course covers the core concepts and skills necessary for the financial management of large and small companies, with an emphasis on healthcare-focused organizations. Foundational topics include: data-driven financial decisions, evaluation of investments, stakeholder relationships, managing cash flow, and balance risk versus return. Prerequisites: Must have active enrollment within the Master of Clinical Informatics Management program.

This class is taught by Pedram Mokrian, Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and Co-Founder and CEO of Innovera.ai.

This course provides tools that can help you lead individuals and groups in health care organizations. In essence, the material serves as a practical guide to managing workplace behavior—your own and that of others. To explain key concepts, we draw on robust social science research that highlights several challenging aspects of leadership: making sound decisions, motivating employees, influencing others to support your ideas, and dealing with difficult personalities. We explore these challenges using readings, cases, lectures, experiential exercises, and discussion of examples from actual organizations.

Given that the course is only one quarter long and the potential scope of concepts, theories, and applications is immense, we are forced to be highly selective. We will spend only a single session on topics that could easily take an entire quarter. The objective is to expose you to the most critical ideas and outline a framework to guide your future learning—not offering specific recipes for leading others, but enabling you to solve novel leadership challenges independently and with confidence.

This class is taught by Francis Flynn, Paul E. Holden Professor of Organizational Behavior, and Director of Executive Leadership Development.

US health care spending is approximately 18% of GDP, growing rapidly, and driven in large part by prices and waste rather than quality and access. New approaches for improving health care delivery are urgently needed. This class focuses on the use of analytical tools to support efficient health care delivery. 

This course is taught by David Scheinker, Executive Director of Systems Design and Collaborative Research at the Stanford Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. He is also the Founder and Director of SURF Stanford Medicine.

How might we apply ideas from ethical theory to contemporary issues and debates in biotechnology? This course will provide critical encounters with some of the central topics in the field of bioethics, with an emphasis on new technologies. 

This course is taught by David Magnus, Thomas A. Raffin Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine and by Courtesy of Bioengineering at Stanford University, where he is Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and an Associate Dean of Research.

The Master of Science in Clinical Informatics Management (MCiM) program requires a Practicum project from each student while enrolled at Stanford University. It is a vital part of the educational curriculum as students are given an opportunity to directly apply programmatic competencies within the three pillars of medicine, technology, and business.

This course is taught by Kavita Patel, appointed Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of the Policy Program at Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.

Methods for modeling biomedical systems and for building model-based software systems. Emphasis is on intelligent systems for decision support and Semantic Web applications. Student will learn about current trends in the development of advanced biomedical software systems and acquire hands-on experience with several systems and tools.

This course is taught by Mark Musen, Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University, where he is Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research.

The widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) has created a new source of big data namely, the record of routine clinical practice as a by-product of care. This class will teach you how to use EHRs and other patient data to discover new clinical knowledge and improve healthcare. 

This course is taught by Nigam Shah, Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Informatics, and Associate CIO for Data Science at Stanford Healthcare.