Message From the Chair
Dr. Michael Kennedy
Chair, Department of Healthcare Policy, Economics and Management
 Welcome to the Department of Healthcare Policy, Economics and Management. Our faculty
exemplify the concept of “theory to practice” having arrived in academia with diverse
backgrounds in health operations management, research and service. The faculty and
staff in our department are responsible for our Master of Health Administration (MHA) Program which has a mission to develop leaders who possess the values, knowledge, tools and
inter-professional skills to manage optimal delivery of healthcare amid an environment
of change in the industry and society.
Program goals are tightly linked to the program learning objectives from five competency
areas:
- Leadership
- Communication
- Measurement and Analysis
- Law and Ethics
- Professional Development
Our curriculum consists of nine core courses, a choice of two electives and an experiential
course. We are currently developing certificates addressing value-based healthcare
and population health. For the experiential course, students have a choice of a 135-hour
traditional internship, a capstone consulting project, or an international travel
course.
Our faculty also teach core and elective courses in the Master of Public Health Program.
We work hard to provide our students with engaging and rewarding educational experience.
We invite you to join us.
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Mission
The Department of Healthcare Policy, Economics and Management is the academic home
for the Master of Health Administration (MHA) program. Our faculty publish in peer revewed journals and are engaged in sponsored research
and grants.
The Master of Health Administration (MHA) program is designed to develop the knowledge
and skills needed for future leaders to meet the challenges of the health industry.
Students will graduate from the program with marketable skills, qualifications, and
competencies in five domain areas: measurement and analysis; communication; leadership;
law and ethics; and professional development.
Goals
Graduates of the MHA program will:
- Be able to identify information needs as well as gather and understand relevant data
information in order to define a problem, assess a situation and implement a set of
metrics.
- Be able to organize, manipulate and use information to assess performance, identify
alternative courses of action, investigate hypotheses, and accomplish other strategic
goals.
- Be able to receive and convey information in ways that encourage continued dialogue
among stakeholders. Effective communication involves strong written and oral transmission
skills, responsive listening and use of creative strategies for exchanging information.
- Be able to influence others to reach their highest level of effectiveness in achieving
common goals, both as individuals and in teams. They will be able to establish direction
and engage various constituencies in producing a shared vision of the future, motivating
and committing them to action, and making them responsible for their performance.
- Have established a high ethical standard and be able to help create a community culture
of shared ethical values and legal understanding and transform those ideals into visions
and expected behaviors.
- Be able to excel professionally throughout their career and make meaningful contributions
to the field through personal development and organizational improvement.
Programs
