Health Care Management

Overview

Our Healthcare Administration Degree is Offered Online

The Health Care Management program of Rutgers University builds upon the experiences of current health professionals by strengthening competencies in management, leadership, strategic planning, finance, quality assurance, informatics, legal compliance and ethics. The program is offered part-time, allowing students to work full-time while pursuing an advanced degree. We offer three specialized tracks: Management and Leadership, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and Health Care Informatics.

The Healthcare Management Master’s program offers three specialized tracks:

• The Healthcare Informatics Track is offered jointly with the Department of Health Informatics.  Courses in this track cover the methodologies behind health informatics applications, introduce biomedical data analysis, and provide an overview of the concepts, techniques and software used in clinical decision-making. After completing the master’s program, students have the option to continue on to earn a graduate certificate. Credits earned during the master’s program can be applied to the certificate. Learn more about the Healthcare Informatics graduate certificate.

• The Management and Leadership track is designed for wide range of health professionals.  This track is especially suited for current or aspiring healthcare supervisors and managers who are seeking to broaden and deepen their management and administrative skill-set.  The track offers an ideal blend of structure and flexibility, combining foundational course requirements related to management, leadership, finance and strategic planning, as well as an extensive choice of track courses and electives.

• The Behavioral Health track is for managers and supervisors in the mental healthcare service system. They gain the knowledge and technological skills to ensure resources are managed effectively, and program and patient outcomes are achieved. Experienced faculty guide students through coursework on management, leadership, finance, strategic planning and evidence based & promising practices in Behavioral Health.

• The Gerontology track allows students focused on working with the aging population to gain a healthcare management experience. Five core courses include topics such as healthcare management and leadership as well as financial management in healthcare. The student also completes five courses specific to gerontology. Topics include social and healthcare policy for the older adult and long term care administration. These courses will allow the student to gain a deeper understanding of healthcare areas specific to the older adult. The courses in the track allow the healthcare manager to deepen and broaden skills in areas that affect the older adult. The final two courses in the curriculum are related to the curriculum project. The project will enable the student to apply concepts and theories covered in the program courses.