Examines the strategic management process and implementation of successful strategies in health care organizations. This course is the capstone course for the HSA program. Analytic, integrative, and decision-making skills will be exercised through the use of case analysis and decision making.
4.5 Credit Hours
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to epidemiology. Epidemiology concepts and tools are examined as they relate to the improvement of decisions about the management of health services. Basic principles are presented and reinforced with healthcare management applications and case studies.
4.5 Credit Hours
The Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) program is designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals and others who wish to obtain the knowledge and skills needed to assume mid-level and executive level managerial positions in health services organizations.
Health Services Administration degrees prepare students by training them to manage and direct the business aspects of healthcare. Graduates of the MHSA program are prepared for managerial positions in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, physician's offices, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, consulting, government and public policy, and others.
Completion of Strayer University's Master of Health Services Administration program does not guarantee a student has met the requirements to apply for licensure as a healthcare administrator in any state. Students pursuing professional healthcare certifications should contact their respective state health departments to confirm educational requirements before beginning the program.
Students who have not earned degrees from appropriate fields of study may be required to take additional coursework as a prerequisite for completing the program.
Transfer of Course/Degree Credit to Other Institutions
The student should be aware that these degree programs may not transfer. The transfer of course/degree credit is determined by the receiving institution.
0.0 Minimum Total Hours Required
Explores the management of human resources, with particular focus on health care services environments. It is designed to provide an understanding of the key concepts, principles, and practices of Human Resource Management. Topics include recruitment, selection, and retention practices, performance evaluation, employee training and development, compensation and benefits issues, promotion, job design and analysis, legal issues affecting the healthcare workplace, management/labor relations and workplace safety within contemporary health care services organizations. Trends in human resource management in healthcare are also addressed.
4.5 Credit Hours
The Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) program is designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals and others who wish to obtain the knowledge and skills needed to assume mid-level and executive level managerial positions in health services organizations.
Health Services Administration degrees prepare students by training them to manage and direct the business aspects of healthcare. Graduates of the MHSA program are prepared for managerial positions in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, physician's offices, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, consulting, government and public policy, and others.
Completion of Strayer University's Master of Health Services Administration program does not guarantee a student has met the requirements to apply for licensure as a healthcare administrator in any state. Students pursuing professional healhcare certifications should contact their respective state health departments to confirm educational requirements before beginning the program.
Students who have not earned degrees from appropriate fields of study may be required to take additional coursework as a prerequisite for completing the program.
0.0 Minimum Total Hours Required
Enables student to complete a research project in the field of major concentration. The research project will be monitored by a supervising faculty member and must be defended by the student in an oral examination. The oral defense may be conducted in a conference-style meeting of student, instructor, and second reader or technical advisor. A second type of defense allows students to present a synopsis of their project during one of the last two scheduled class meetings. Students are encouraged to discuss the project with an instructor or academic officer early in their program. Students may not fulfill the directed research requirement by completing another course.
To be taken as last or next to last course.
4.5 Credit Hours
Provides a complete understanding of health economics by applying fundamental microeconomic concepts to the analysis of the health care market and the study of the organization and delivery of medical care services. Topics of study include an analysis of the demand of health care and health insurance, the supply of medical care by physicians and health care organizations and the rationale for government intervention in the medical market.
4.5 Credit Hours
This course examines the principles and concepts of marketing as they apply to health care organizations. Areas discussed include the nature of marketing strategy, the environment in which marketing operates, the consumer decision making process, market research, the market mix (product, price, place, and promotion), and monitoring and controlling the marketing process.
4.5 Credit Hours
