Healthcare Administration Certificate

The Healthcare Administration concentration of the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration online degree will help students manage the business side of healthcare. The program explores the different ways healthcare is delivered and managed that include regulatory, technological, financial and administrative factors in the context of a rapid-changing healthcare industry.

The Healthcare Administration track will prepare graduates to:

• Demonstrate the knowledge of the fundamental and technical concepts of health care management and apply it to decision-making in managing within healthcare organizations;
• Demonstrate knowledge of the core disciplines of healthcare administration: healthcare organization and structure, healthcare finance, healthcare policy, and/or public health to enhance decisionmaking in managing the healthcare organizations;
• Use contemporary federal and state health-policies to analyze various healthcare issues;
• Demonstrate knowledge of the primary ethical values underlying the healthcare institutions and delivery (i.e., respect for persons, beneficence, and justice, in managerial decision-making);
• Apply basic statistical, quantitative, and economic concepts and tools to support analysis and decision-making.