Healthcare Management and Leadership
Healthcare Management and Leadership Program
M.H.M.L., Healthcare Management and Leadership
The Master of Healthcare Management and Leadership offers management and healthcare administration courses to prepare students for leadership roles in the US healthcare sector including pharmaceuticals, consulting, medical device and health technology companies, hospital systems, insurance companies as well as non-profit and governmental organizations. Students will gain core competencies in healthcare ethics and policy, healthcare information systems, healthcare finance and economics, management, and leadership. A special emphasis is placed on addressing the challenges of providing and managing health care in remote settings.
Minimum Requirements for Healthcare Management & Leadership M.H.M.L.: 30 credits
Graduate Certificate, Healthcare Management and Leadership
The Healthcare Management and Leadership Graduate Certificate is for healthcare professionals seeking to gain specific skills in healthcare administration to advance their careers. The program includes four courses: Survey of Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Law and Ethics, Health Care Finance and Economics and Information Systems and Decision Making in Health Services. Graduates will apply foundational knowledge of the U.S. Healthcare system, effective data-driven decision-making, and managing and communicating with stakeholders to lead process improvement strategies that will better the overall health of the communities they serve.
Minimum Requirements for Healthcare Management and Leadership Graduate Certificate: 12 credits
Courses
Healthcare Management and Leadership (HML)
HML F636 Survey of Healthcare Administration
3 Credits
Offered Fall
Students will study the specialized area of business and healthcare administration, which involves everything from entrepreneurship (one provider in a private practice) to risk management (malpractice insurance, quality measures, etc.). Students will explore the dynamic field of healthcare and how it is changing rapidly with advancements in technology.
Cross-listed with MBA F636.
Lecture + Lab + Other: 3 + 0 + 0
Grading System: Letter Grades with option of Plus/Minus
HML F637 Information Systems and Decision Making in Health Services
3 Credits
Offered Spring
Overview of clinical and administrative health care data, their uses and impact on quality, cost and operations on a health care organization. The aim of the course is to gain skills to develop, manage and integrate clinical and administrative information, to support timely and informed decision making by all stakeholders.
Cross-listed with MBA F637.
Lecture + Lab + Other: 3 + 0 + 0
Grading System: Letter Grades with option of Plus/Minus
HML F638 Healthcare Law & Ethics
3 Credits
Offered Fall
Students will be introduced to major health care laws, regulations, professional and ethical principles, and industry standards governing health care structure and delivery. This includes health care fraud, professional licensing and credentialing, malpractice, compliance, quality, risk management and privacy and security of health information.
Cross-listed with MBA F638.
Lecture + Lab + Other: 3 + 0 + 0
Grading System: Letter Grades with option of Plus/Minus
HML F639 Healthcare Finance and Economics
3 Credits
Offered Spring
The first half of the course will focus on financial principles to individuals without a finance background as applicable to the healthcare sector. The second half of the course will delve into the economic drivers that influence the demand and supply of the health care industry.
Cross-listed with MBA F639.
Lecture + Lab + Other: 3 + 0 + 0
Grading System: Letter Grades with option of Plus/Minus
HML F641 Transforming Healthcare: Innovations and Strategies
3 Credits
Offered Spring
This advanced healthcare management capstone course provides a comprehensive exploration of critical topics in healthcare management, focusing on emerging technologies, remote monitoring, population health, value-based care and transformational change management. This course will challenge you to apply your understanding of these concepts to propose innovative solutions to real-world healthcare challenges.
Prerequisites: HML/MBA F636; HML/MBA F637; HML/MBA F638; HML/MBA F639; acceptance into the MHML or MBA program.
Special Notes: MHML capstone course.
Lecture + Lab + Other: 3 + 0 + 0
Grading System: Letter Grades with option of Plus/Minus
Faculty
Arena Morillo-Herrin
Program Director
Instructoradmorilloherrin@alaska.edu
907-474-5991
219D Bunnell Building
Troth Yeddha' Campus
