Earn Your Master's in Health Administration

The Master of Health Administration program offers flexible, primarily online asynchronous coursework, along with a required three-day on-campus residency and required capstone project.

Students complete 14 courses (42 credits), including coursework in one of the following concentrations: Health Informatics and Data Analytics, Healthcare Compliance and Risk Management, or Population Health.

• HADM 502 Introduction to Healthcare Systems (3 credits)
• HADM 505 Healthcare Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
• HADM 508 Health Services Research Methods and Statistics (3 credits)
• HADM 511 Healthcare Human Resources Management (3 credits)
• HADM 514 Healthcare Marketing and Strategic Planning (3 credits)
• HADM 517 Healthcare Economics and Policy (3 credits)
• HADM 520 Healthcare Law and Ethics (3 credits)
• HADM 523 Healthcare Information Systems (3 credits)
• HADM 526 Healthcare Financial Management (3 credits)
• HADM 529 Operations and Quality Management in Healthcare (3 credits)
• HADM 532 Leadership in Healthcare Management (3 credits)
• HADM 535 Health Informatics and Data Analytics (3 credits)
• HADM 538 Data Mining and Predictive Modeling (3 credits)
• HADM 541 Managerial Epidemiology (3 credits)
• HADM 544 Health Promotion (3 credits)
• HADM 547 Medical and Regulatory Compliance (3 credits)
• HADM 550 Healthcare Litigation and Risk Management (3 credits)
• HADM 551 Data Visualization with Tableau (3 credits)
• HADM 560 Capstone Project (3 credits)

Our mission is to provide early and mid-career professionals with the necessary skills to grow as successful and socially responsible leaders in regional, national and global healthcare systems. We deliver foundational didactic and experiential learning through instruction by highly qualified faculty engaged in scholarship and practice, professional development training and capstone experiences. Our program is designed to provide the knowledge, skills and values necessary for our professionals to thrive in leadership and administrative positions in healthcare, including data analytics, population health and compliance.

Our vision is to be the premier graduate health administration program developing innovative, transformational, ethically guided leaders regionally, nationally and globally.

Our values align with seven (7) core principles:

• Leadership: We prepare innovators by developing and practicing leadership skills and serving as role models. We learn to listen as well as learn to be empathetic to the needs of those around us.
• Pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and outreach: We commit to the pursuit of excellence in teaching research and outreach to achieve outcomes that exceed expectations. We are also committed to advancing knowledge through research.
• Profound moral and ethical respect to all we serve: We are committed to ethical conduct, caring, empathy, support and a positive attitude in serving those around us. Patient- centeredness is emphasized in all courses and internships that are healthcare systems/healthcare practice focused.
• Integrity and respect for diversity: We advocate for ethical conduct, as well as equity and inclusion. We embrace the differences of those around us, including our colleagues, students and communities we work with.
• Innovation & creativity: We are committed to fostering innovation and creativity as drivers of change locally, nationally and globally.
• Accessibility: We recognize the need for information delivery in multiple formats to meet the needs of diverse student populations.
• Community engagement and service: We recognize the importance of engagement in our learning, research and practice delivery. We are committed to service activities to contribute to the development of local and global communities.

Communication and Relationship Management

1. Apply principles of oral communications skills (such as presentations).
2. Apply principles of effective written communications skills.
3. Use factual data to produce credible reports.
4. Use the principles of social justice, diversity, equity and inclusion as well as teamwork in identifying stakeholder needs.
5. Utilize effective interpersonal communication and cultural sensitivity when communicating with diverse stakeholders.

Leadership

1. Assess potential internal and external impacts and consequences of organizational decision-making.
2. Accurately assess individual and team strengths and weaknesses to enhance performance.
3. Foster commitment to the organization’s mission, vision, values, ethical and regulatory/compliance standards.
4. Develop ability for honest self-assessment and emotional intelligence.
5. Integrate equity in healthcare management practices and strategies.
6. Develop capacity for adaptive leadership and deploy tools for adaptive action.
7. Understand how to lead complex adaptive systems.

Professionalism

1. Participate in teamwork and networking events in professional societies, community service organizations and other settings.
2. Understand, uphold and act upon professional standards, ethical codes and norms of behavior.
3. Engage in continued professional development and interprofessional education.
4. Navigate healthcare challenges with a focus on equity, diversity and global sensitivity for community-focused leadership.

Knowledge of the Healthcare Environment

1. Evaluate the interrelationships among access, quality, cost, resource allocation, supply chain management and accountability in healthcare to optimize quality improvement.
2. Design projects and interventions aligned with the governmental, regulatory, professional and accreditation agencies.
3. Use marketing, strategic planning, needs assessment, innovative technology and project development/management techniques in support of healthcare program development and implementation.
4. Apply principles of health policy and healthcare law to learn about interdependency, integration and competition among healthcare sectors.
5. Understand emerging issues in human resources management and health informatics and data analytics.

Business Skills and Knowledge

1. Synthesize information, included that generated by AI, to make data-driven decision making to improve healthcare system performance.
2. Apply critical thinking, analysis and problem-solving skills for strategic management initiatives.
3. Demonstrate financial management principles and analyze financial data in a fee for service vs. capitated environment.
4. Build and interpret operating budget results by comparing actual to budgeted amounts utilizing variance analysis.
5. Apply reimbursement principles, including rate setting and contracts.
6. Utilize principles of capital budgeting, operations and human resources in healthcare management.