MHA Master of Health Administration Health Policy specialization
Overview
Strengthen your ability to develop sound health policies and advocate for effective change. 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 policy program focuses on concepts, principles, and processes associated with effective health policy and advocacy, including global health systems, health care policy drivers, and policy and legislative communication.
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Degree outcomes
With your Master's in Health Policy from Capella, you'll implement transformational health policy and advocacy processes for a broader health environment. You'll also execute evidence-based strategies to optimize policy development, and align organizational priorities with the needs and values of the community. Discover specifically what you'll learn — and how you can apply it.
Career outcomes
Common jobs with an online Master's in Health Policy include chief executive officer, department or division manager/supervisor, government relations director, health care consultant, health policy analyst, hospital administrator, nursing director, public affairs director, public policy director or regulatory specialist. Potential workplaces include: ambulatory health care service, government health agency, health care organization, health clinic, home health care service, hospital, insurance company, nonprofit organization, nursing or residential care facility.
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.
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