Health Systems Management, MPH

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The Health Systems Management program prepares future managers and leaders who will improve the healthcare delivery services in diverse organizational settings worldwide. Students learn the fundamental areas of management of health services through coursework and practicum experience, preparing them for entry-level managerial roles in healthcare settings. Taking a systems approach, courses emphasize active management in planning, financing, implementing, evaluating, and maintaining complex systems. This concentration is only available to MD-MPH dual degree students.

Program Competencies

At the completion of the MPH degree, the student will be able to:

  • Apply population-based and public health findings and principles in assessing individuals and groups at risk of disease and injury and making recommendations for improved health in clinical practice settings.
  • Identify the theoretical and applied bases of economics in health care in the delivery of care to populations; access to care in populations; and organization of medical service delivery organizations.
  • Explain and analyze the issues of quality, access, and efficiency of healthcare service delivery. 
  • Describe frameworks for understanding and assessing health systems performance. 
  • Apply basic managerial concepts and tools to program planning, budgeting, monitoring, and evaluation of organizational and community-based initiatives.