Health Care Management
Master of Science in Health Care Management
Program Director: Anne Marie McCauley, DHEd., RN
Program Overview
The 30-credit, fully online Master of Science in Health Care Management could be completed in two years (5 semesters) and will provide students with the knowledge, skills, and clinical integration proficiencies essential for employment within the health care management field.
The program is designed to educate students who want to serve others through the health care profession of health care management. The curriculum is academically rigorous and challenges students to think critically and make ethical decisions on a day-to-day basis. The integration of special topics courses and interdisciplinary learning will provide students the opportunity to stay on the cutting edge of the profession and prepare for careers in the ever-changing world of healthcare.
Learning Outcomes:
- Evaluate the complexities of health care to provide and manage safe delivery of care and services
- Improve the management of internal and external customers to maintain a multifaceted and diverse organizational environment
- Incorporate the general health care principles and policies to create a well-functioning fiscal and budgetary operation within the health care organization
- Examine current health care management literature and recommend and develop areas for improved strategies for directing a medical organization
- Prepare to distinguish and inspire using management skills and leadership qualities
Programs of Study
Master Of Science In Health Care Management (30 Credits)
| GEN 506 | Interprofessional Health Care Research | (3) |
| MHCM 604 | The Aging and Long-Term Care Management | (3) |
| MHCM 606 | Resources, Recruitment and Retention in Health Care | (3) |
| MHCM 608 | Fiscal Management in Health Care | (3) |
| MHCM 610 | Health Economics | (3) |
| MHCM 612 | Risk Management and Patient Affairs | (3) |
| MHCM 614 | Health Care Politics and Policy | (3) |
| MHCM 616 | Health Care Strategic Planning and Marketing | (3) |
| MHCM 618 | Medical Practice Management | (3) |
| MHCM 620 | Healthcare Management Capstone | (3) |
Certificate In Health Care Management (12 Credits)
| MHCM 606 | Resources, Recruitment and Retention in Health Care | (3) |
| MHCM 612 | Risk Management and Patient Affairs | (3) |
| MHCM 614 | Health Care Politics and Policy | (3) |
| Elective | Any MHCM course (excluding MHCM 620) | (3) |