罗彻斯特理工学院

Successfully managing strategy, finance, patient experience, and operations in the highly regulated and unique health care sector requires specialized competencies and expertise beyond a traditional MBA. The master of science in health systems management is the currency needed to advance and perform in health care systems today.

This degree focuses on the critical success factors driving health care systems today (guided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Quadruple Aim):

• Improve the health of populations
• Enhance the quality of care for individuals
• Reduce the per capita cost of health care
• Improve the work-life of care providers

This health administration master's degree is an applied, competency-based and industry-focused online degree. Students are provided the flexibility to pursue the degree full- or part-time, with 12-month and 24-month degree plans available, to accommodate professional schedules.

Unique to this degree, you will have the opportunity to attend two on-campus leadership immersions and a faculty-led travel experience to study another health care system. The faculty strive to blend the flexibility of online learning with the value of face-to-face networking, interaction, and travel. All courses use a case-based, dynamic, and interactive focus on key health care topics including economics and policy, health IT and decision support, ethics, systems quality, and organizational learning.

Business and leadership courses prepare you to tackle issues involving financial management, quality improvement, operations, and strategy formulation—all within the context of real-world health care trends and challenges. You’ll be well prepared to develop, direct, and implement strategy and tactics that will shape the health care organizations of the future.

The MS in health systems administration program was built to support a set of professional competencies identified by the program’s advisory board, faculty and alumni. These 19 competencies fall under five domains and support students for success in the field of management and leadership in health care:

• Knowledge of health care systems in the U.S.
• Communications and interpersonal effectiveness
• Critical thinking, analysis, and problem-solving skills
• Management and leadership skills
• Professionalism and ethics theory and practice