Master of Science in Healthcare Administration
The Master of Science in Healthcare Administration program seeks to develop professionals who understand how to manage non-profit, for-profit, and voluntary health care organizations in effective and innovative ways. The program focuses on the need for health care administrators to be continuous learners, critical thinkers, and ethical practitioners by recognizing the multiply-constructed nature of human, social, and organizational realities and the complex relationships between the system of health providers and the needs of the community.
Students will analyze the role of health care in society, the managed care model, the need for client-centered models, alternative paradigms, and the development of health organizations in a broad array of communities. Courses integrate theoretical concepts with practical applications. The program is designed with effective professional leadership skills and the ability to develop and implement solid, creative solutions as its central objectives.
Program Objectives
- Incorporate health science concepts into health administration management planning, analysis, development and execution.
- Develop an expansive knowledge of regulations and policies relating to healthcare and delivery, updated regularly, and applied to all polices and procedures implemented and sustained.
- Oversee or monitor marketing principles relative to health services and promotion.
- Evidence the ability to apply managerial concepts and technological advances to the effective administration of healthcare facilities.
- Demonstrate a significant knowledge of quality management theories and techniques in the health administration arena.
- Develop advanced research and analytical skills which allow one to investigate issues pertinent to the current U.S. healthcare system.
- Develop a rather far-reaching understanding of other healthcare systems (via a comparative and contrastive understanding of other systems in other cultures).
- Apply the principles of health administration, education and promotion so as to promote effective operations of healthcare organizations and facilities.
- Identify principles of economics, leadership, marketing, planning, and legal considerations as these impact healthcare as a system and as an organizational structure, particularly at the professional (managerial and leadership) levels.
- Apply advanced knowledge in statistical analysis, among others, so that data can be generated and serve the contextual needs of the healthcare process and the organizational systems.
- Further hone communicative skills, which underpin the ability to conduct independent research and to formulate documents, reports, and publications that manifest mastery of content and execution.
Career Opportunities
The program prepares graduates to assume increasingly responsible management and leadership roles in a wide range of healthcare settings, including health and hospital systems; service provider organizations; insurers and managed care companies; consulting firms; pharmaceutical companies; public health organizations; and medical device and biotechnology firms. Graduates are prepared to function with equal high-level competence in the private and public sectors alike and in any relevant, consultative capacity.
