Online MBA: Health Systems Management Emphasis

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Prepare To Lead Healthcare Organizations Effectively

At Grand Canyon University, you can explore the principles of ethical leadership in modern healthcare systems. The Colangelo College of Business is pleased to offer the Master of Business Administration with an Emphasis in Health Systems Management. 

By completing this program, you will have been taught analytical skills and in-depth knowledge of strategic management practices and policies in healthcare that could prove useful to a career in health systems management.

Master of Business Administration
Why GCU

GCU Practices Conscious Capitalism Within Health Systems Management

Proper health systems management requires the use of efficient operational processes that drive profitability. This is tempered by the careful considerations of ethical and responsible decision-making. Graduates with a health systems management emphasis may be prepared to pursue positions that influence the health and well-being of the patient population, as well as their entire communities.

These are three aspects of how we believe business affects the greater good:

Business as a force for good

We keep an emphasis on conscious capitalism to elevate humanity by doing business right.

Free markets and purpose for prosperity

To have long-term success, there needs to be higher purpose of business and a stakeholder orientation.

Business as ministry

Love, care and support those on your team. Approach business with a Christian perspective.

Study Health Systems Management Courses Online

The online MBA with an Emphasis in Health Systems Management degree can provide you convenience and flexibility, while providing the same in-depth curriculum as an in-person program. You receive the same education, interactive courses, access to learning resources and support to help you in your graduate journey. Earn your MBA with an emphasis in health systems management online and position yourself for possible career advancement. 


This Degree Is Offered Online

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Coursework

Key Areas of Study in Health Systems Management

This degree program blends traditional MBA courses with specializations in healthcare. The MBA degree with an emphasis in health systems management follows an industry-driven curriculum. This program can effectively prepare graduates to potentially position themselves to become leaders in the complex and ever-changing healthcare landscape.

Some of the course topics you will cover include:

Ethical and legal principles of healthcare

Policies and economics in healthcare

Applying probability and statistics in business

Strategic management practices

MBA Program Key Concepts

Some of the key concepts that students in the MBA degree with emphasis in health systems management program will study include:

  • Raising funds in capital markets, managing working capital and budgeting capital
  • Managerial decision-making that factors in cost, service and economic variables
  • Healthcare ethical dilemmas and their recognition, analysis and resolution
  • The science of organizational behavior and key concepts in leadership

Critical Health System Management Skills Framework

GCU’s online master’s in business administration with health systems management emphasis degree lays a strong conceptual framework that may enable future business leaders to shape the growth of medical organizations.

The objective of this master’s degree with a health systems management emphasis is to prepare you to affect the growth and sustainability of ethical organizations that continually strive for excellence in patient care.

You may have the opportunity to develop many skills relevant to health systems management, such as:

  • Ethical dilemmas in healthcare
  • Workplace safety
  • Healthcare economics and policy
  • Managerial decision-making
  • Healthcare policy and reform

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FAQ

MBA With Emphasis in Health Systems Management FAQs

If you’re thinking about continuing your education in health systems management, read through our frequently asked questions to learn more about degree specifics, salary expectations and pursuing a career in health systems management. 

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1 The earnings referenced were reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”), Medical and Health Service Managers, as of May 2022, retrieved on Jan. 17, 2024. Due to COVID-19, data from 2020-2022 may be atypical compared to prior years. BLS calculates the median using salaries of workers nationwide with varying levels of education and experience. It does not reflect the earnings of GCU graduates as medical and health services managers, nor does it reflect earnings of workers in one city or region of the country, or a typical entry-level salary. Median income is the statistical midpoint for the range of salaries in a specific occupation. It represents what you would earn if you were paid more money than half the workers in an occupation, and less than half the workers in an occupation. It may give you a basis to estimate what you might earn at some point if you enter this career. Grand Canyon University can make no guarantees on individual graduates’ salaries. Your employability will be determined by numerous factors over which GCU has no control, such as the employer the graduate chooses to apply to, the graduate’s experience level, individual characteristics, skills, etc. against a pool of candidates.

2 COVID-19 has adversely affected the global economy and data from 2020 to 2022 may be atypical compared to prior years. Accordingly, data shown is effective September 2022, which can be found here: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Medical and Health Service Managers, retrieved on Jan. 17, 2024.

 

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