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Capella University
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERSHIP

MHA Master of Health Administration General Health Administration specialization

Overview

Increase your foundational knowledge of health administration while delving more deeply into the area of health care operations. Capella University offers the first and only online Master of Health Administration program to fully align with the National Center for Healthcare Leadership's Health Leadership Competency Model, a nationally recognized and scientifically validated approach to health care leadership education. This health care operations program focuses on concepts, principles and processes associated with effective health care operations, including human capital management, health care consumerism and marketing, and facilities and capital asset management.

To understand how this specialization fits your career path or schedule, request more information.

Degree outcomes

With your Master's in Health Care Operations from Capella, you'll optimize human resource, facilities, and capital assets to achieve the goals and objectives of a health care organization's strategic plan. You'll also employ data-based decision-making into strategic planning and implementation to help align the direction of an organization with the needs of health care consumers and other stakeholders. Discover specifically what you'll learn — and how you can apply it.

Career outcomes

Common jobs with an online Master's in Health Care Operations include chief executive officer, clinic manager, department or division director, facility manager, health care consultant, hospital administrator, medical records manager, nurse manager, nursing director, operations manager or program manager. Potential workplaces include: ambulatory health care service, community care facility for the elderly, dental office, health clinic, home health care service, hospital, insurance company, medical and diagnostic laboratory or outpatient care center.

Capella also provides you the opportunity to delve deeper into a specific knowledge area by earning a program concentration that will be included on your transcript and can enhance your career opportunities.

To learn more, call 1.866.739.7380 or email an enrollment counselor.