Healthcare Management MBA Degree
Completing an MBA with a concentration in healthcare management will prepare you for the specific challenges that a management position in this field brings. Not only is the manager responsible for keeping costs in line, but patient care must not be compromised. The manager must be able to balance the medical, legal, and ethical considerations of this career choice.
The program will give you a good background in finance, risk assessment, and database management you need to manage a facility offering medical care to patients. You will also cover strategies for dealing with HMOs, healthcare policy, and strategic management. Students in this program develop their leadership skills. Here are some examples of the courses in this program:
• Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare
• Essentials of Business Development
• Financial Management
• Healthcare Planning and Marketing
• Healthcare Policy
• Information Management in Healthcare
• Innovating in Healthcare
• Inventing Breakthroughs and Commercializing Science
• Legal Aspects of Healthcare
• Managerial Accounting
• Managerial Economics
• Managing Medicine
• Marketing Management
• Organizational Behavior
• Strategic Management
Career Options
Once you have completed the requirements for an MBA with a concentration in healthcare management, you will be ready for these careers:
• Director of healthcare marketing
• Health analytics director
• Healthcare finance manager
• Hospital administrator
