Healthcare Management

Overview

The Healthcare Management program of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is 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.

You will also have the opportunity to further increase your marketability by acquiring specialized knowledge through a concentration in biotechnology, payer/provider, entrepreneurship, or medical devices.

Program Outcomes

Graduates of the program 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