DHA in Operational Leadership – Quantitative Research

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Overview

Become a Leader of Healthcare Operations

Earning a Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) in Operational Leadership can help you position yourself to be a potential leader and innovator in the field of healthcare administration. This program allows you to design innovative, quantitative approaches to healthcare operations that address efficiency, quality, safety and outcome. As a DHA learner, you will be taught the skills to apply theoretical and research knowledge to practical situations and settings in order to influence and improve existing practices and policies.

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Why GCU

Choosing a Quantitative Operational Leadership DHA Degree

By pursuing GCU’s Doctor of Healthcare Administration: Operational Leadership – quantitative track, you will focus on analyzing approaches to operational leadership by interpreting numeric data. You will progress through coursework taught from the perspective of doing, with classes designed based on a quantitative research focus. In every class, you will have the opportunity to make clear steps toward the completion of the dissertation.

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Coursework

Course Topics

Participating in this minimum 60-credit operational leadership program will allow you to:

  • Explore the basic components of quantitative research design
  • Study the application of technology in healthcare administration
  • Evaluate the strategic focus of operational leadership initiatives
  • Propose methods to innovate, plan and lead change in the healthcare industry
Careers

Jobs for Operational Leadership DHA Graduates

The operational leadership program strives to prepare you to continue to develop theoretical knowledge in the healthcare industry and to apply that knowledge to the improvement of practice. These proficiencies offer you the necessary skill set to drive innovation within healthcare administration and its approaches to leadership.

As a graduate of the DHA in Operational Leadership, you have the opportunity to position yourself for leadership roles in:

Health system management

Healthcare operations

Healthcare research

Health policy

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Learn more about the quantitative DHA: Operational Leadership program at GCU by completing the form and connecting with a university counselor.

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§ MOU-Alumni 2000 Doctoral-July2025: The Alumni Scholarship for Doctoral Programs is only valid for those applicants who submit a complete application and begin a Doctoral program in July 2025. This scholarship cannot be used in conjunction with any other GCU scholarship or awards and only applies to online and evening programs. Please speak to a university counselor for complete details.

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