Healthcare Administration Online Degree Outcomes

Online Healthcare Administration students first learn basic business and accounting skills as they apply to the healthcare industry. They then learn about health information systems, managed care systems, marketing a healthcare business, public health issues, and legal and ethical issues in healthcare. The acute care track prepares entry level managers for work in hospitals, clinics, and emergency centers. The long term care track prepares students for careers as long term care administrators in skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, and assisted living.

Upon completion of this program, graduates are expected to:

• Critically analyze research findings for evidence-based medicine and management practices by applying core healthcare administration and fundamental knowledge of the arts and sciences for decision-making.
• Distinguish the legal and ethical standards of practice for healthcare administrators in a variety of healthcare settings and situations.
• Explain the complex relationships between healthcare payers, institutions, and customers within the state, nation, and foreign countries from economic and financial perspectives.
• Apply principles of healthcare administration within the continuum of care.
• Compare and contrast various U.S. healthcare delivery systems nationally and globally.
• Understand and utilize epidemiologic assessments, economic trends, population changes, and healthcare trends.
• Identify and recognize current and future health information technology, biotechnology, and other technological implications in the delivery of healthcare services.
• Apply skills, values, and knowledge from the coursework to present a complex business proposal for a healthcare unit.
• Incorporate a financial plan, human resources planning, a marketing strategy, basic and advanced technology needs, reimbursement, and applicability to the community.