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MBA – Health Care Leadership

Program Description

The Health Care Leadership major concentration explores topics in privacy, data security, and
HIPAA, the critical topics needed to thrive in the healthcare industry. Building upon the core
MBA competencies, you will learn ethics, quality management, informatics, and health care
technologies. These complex topics within health care policy will help you gain the opportunity to
analyze these areas in the realms of cyber security, systems technology, and information security.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment of medical and health services
managers is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations. A combination
of work experience in the healthcare field and strong business and management skills should
lead to the best opportunities. Healthcare management graduates can be employed in any of
the following: Clinics, dental practices, health insurance organizations, health care associations,
hospitals, nursing homes, physician practices, mental health departments, rehabilitation centers,
skilled nursing facilities, universities, research institutions, and home health care organizations.
Health care leaders will be required for many disciplines, both clinical and non-clinical, and in many
areas, including health information technology, finance, marketing, insurance, biotech, post-acute
care, hospital systems, and ancillary services.

Career Opportunities

  • Healthcare Administrator/Manager
  • Hospital/Healthcare CEO
  • Health Informatics Manager
  • Clinical Operations Manager
  • Healthcare Consultant
  • Healthcare Financial Analyst

Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate a strategic understanding of accounting, management, marketing, economics, statistics, quality control, and information technology as they apply to health care.
  • Motivate ethical behavior, and comply with codes and regulations in the health care industry.
  • Relate, in a coherent manner, health care business and policy issues.
  • Illustrate and present practical problem analysis and decision making for health care organizations.
  • Understand the powerful economic, technical, social, and political forces shaping the future of health care.
  • Summarize the opportunities and challenges presented in the health care industry.

MBA – Health Care Leadership (33 Credits)


For more information on this graduate program, please refer to the University Catalog.