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Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Management Emphasis

Earn your MBA while diving deeper into the healthcare industry and shaping yourself into an effective leader.

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Graduate Certificate or Graduate Degree
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Prepare for the Leadership Role of Your Dreams

Combine your business skills and passion for healthcare with the business administration - healthcare management emphasis program at UW-Eau Claire, offered through the University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium. Pairing MBA coursework with healthcare focused content will create the healthcare leaders needed to move the industry forward, filling a need for managers who can identify creative solutions to challenges. The need for skilled healthcare managers is skyrocketing as the industry becomes more complex, demand for care increases, technology advances, and industry regulations constantly change.

Gain expertise that directly relates to healthcare while still benefiting from being part of a cohort that includes professionals from many industries. After completing the program, you'll have the knowledge and confidence to lead a diverse and inclusive organization, use critical thinking and analytical reasoning to make informed business decisions, and manage resources required for organizations to be at the forefront of innovation in healthcare.

Degree Types

Program Details

Degree Types
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Degree Level graduate
Available asGraduate Certificate or Graduate Degree
Program Length 2.5-3 years
Campus
Eau Claire
Offered
Online
Requires a minor No
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Electives Designed to Help You Achieve Your Goals

While some MBA programs only offer preselected courses, here you can choose electives that align with your personal ambitions and interests. Choose from courses oriented around communication, leadership, marketing, finance, and more.

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Program Flexibility

Many of our students work full-time jobs, juggling busy schedules and families. With this in mind, all of our courses are offered completely online, with no campus visits required. In addition, you have seven years from the date of enrollment to complete your degree, allowing you to complete the program at your own pace.

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Our online MBA curriculum with a concentration in healthcare management combines four credits of business essentials courses, 22 credits of core courses, six credits of required healthcare management courses, and four credits of electives from an approved set of courses.

Here are a few courses in Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Management Emphasis at UW-Eau Claire.

MBA 780

Leading the Healthcare Workforce

This course explores challenges and opportunities that leaders in healthcare face. Students will learn how to maximize human resources and other organizational resources to improve organizational efficiencies and the quality of healthcare. Topics include motivation, EDIB (equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging), managing change, and other concepts related to leadership.

MBA 786

Addressing Contemporary Issues and Trends in Healthcare

Students will examine current topics in healthcare in the United States. Topics may include, but are not limited to, healthcare costs; impacts of technology such as electronic records management, telehealth, and artificial intelligence; insurance and reimbursement; staffing; government and other regulatory requirements; equity and access to care; and burnout and stress management. Students will identify trends and issues relevant to their experiences, in particular, and explore strategies for addressing them.

MBA 782

Health Care Finance & Economics

This course will help students understand how factors such as government intervention in health care, the organization of health insurance markets, and health care reform influence financial decision making in the health care area.

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