Healthcare Management

Overview

About the University

For nearly 200 years, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) has been educating future healthcare leaders. Our singular focus on healthcare and broad portfolio of undergraduate and graduate healthcare programs uniquely positions us to provide an innovative, interprofessional collaborative education that better prepares students to join the integrative team-based care models of today’s healthcare system. Deep-rooted relationships with prestigious medical and research institutions in Boston’s Longwood Medical Area, across New England and around the globe enable students to gain the most effective clinical and non-clinical experiences available.

Key features

Designed for those interested in pursuing leadership opportunities in a variety of healthcare-related sectors, including payer and provider organizations, non-profits, and biotechnology and biomedical device organizations, the MBA in Healthcare Management empowers the next generation of business leaders.

Shape the industry through expert instruction and hands-on experiences in the business-related aspects of healthcare, including capital finance and accounting, operations management, value chain, and revenue cycle considerations.

Meet the complex challenges of an evolving environment by gaining the skills and hands-on experiences you will need to successfully serve diverse stakeholders and make informed decisions through careful consideration of policy, practice, and in consideration population-driven outcomes.

Program Outcomes

Graduates of the Healthcare Management program at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will be able to:

• Develop and demonstrate practical approaches to population-level health that include innovation, technology, and entrepreneurial values
• Demonstrate ethical decision-making that is informed by critical thinking and evidence-based approaches
• Apply analytical skills in evaluation and dissemination of solutions to core challenges in the delivery of healthcare including value, revenue, and health outcomes
• Demonstrate strategy in aligning and balancing the competing priorities of the health system stakeholders
• Communicate and disseminate critical information to multiple audiences