Health Administration, MHA
The Master of Health Administration (MHA) program prepares students with a foundation in health care leadership and applied analytical skills to promote data-driven decision making. Graduates can address the unique challenges presented in this complex industry, including ensuring equitable opportunity to health and optimal well-being. The MHA opens a path to leadership positions and opportunities for advancement in diverse settings across the health care industry.
The 54-credit program provides study in leadership of health care organizations, applied analytics, health care economics, financial management, population health, communications, and strategy in 22 months. Students complete a residency in health care organizations to gain practical experience, develop professionalism, and apply management skills. Many of Tulane’s full-time MHA students find paid residencies that last the entirety of the second year of the program.
Anticipated growth in health care positions continues to outpace all other occupations. The MHA opens a path to leadership positions and opportunities for advancement in diverse settings across the industry.
The MHA program at Tulane is accredited by the Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).
Program Competencies
At the completion of the MHA degree, the student will be able to:
- Speak and write in a clear, concise and logical manner in formal and informal situations within healthcare settings to convey cogent business presentations and to facilitate a group. (Effective Communication)
- Demonstrate attributes necessary to influence others to achieve high performance in a healthcare setting. (Leadership)
- Continuously strive to improve oneself and to act with respect and sensitivity for others. (Professionalism)
- Consider the business, demographic, ethno-cultural, political, and regulatory factors in developing strategies that continually improve the long-term success and viability of healthcare organizations. (Strategic Management)
- Utilize data to effectively organize and coordinate the performance and activities of a healthcare organization in order to achieve defined objectives. (Management)
- Deconstruct complex problems into smaller elements and synthesizing that with other data to derive recommendations. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
- Use financial and accounting information to assess the financial health of an organization, to inform short-term operational decisions and to assess long-term resource allocation opportunities. (Financial Skills)
MHA Competency Model
- Leadership and Influence
The ability to persuade, convince, influence, or impress others (individuals or groups) to get them to work cooperatively and inclusively with you and other individuals and/or teams towards a shared goal. - Financial Skills
The ability to understand and explain financial and accounting information, prepare and manage budgets and make sound long-term investment decisions. - Analytical Thinking
Developing a deeper understanding of a situation, issue, or problem by breaking it down or tracing its implications step-by-step. It includes organizing the parts of a situation, issue, or problem systematically; making systematic comparisons of different features or aspects; setting priorities on a rational basis; and identifying time sequences, causal relationships, or if-then relationships. - Communication
The ability to use written and spoken communications in formal and informal situations to convey meaning, build shared understanding, and productively move agendas forward. - Interpersonal Effectiveness
The ability to accurately hear and understand the unspoken or partly expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others, especially those who may represent diverse backgrounds and very different worldviews. - Professionalism and Ethics
The demonstration of ethics, sound professional practices, social accountability, and community stewardship. Acting in ways that are consistent with one’s values and what one says is important. - Strategic Orientation
The ability to consider the business, demographic, ethno-cultural, political, and regulatory implications of decisions and develop strategies that continually improve the long-term success and viability of the organization. - Information Seeking
An underlying curiosity and desire to know more about things, people, and issues, including the desire for knowledge and staying current with health, organizational, industry, and professional trends and developments. It includes pressing for more precise information; resolving discrepancies by asking a series of questions; and scanning for potential opportunities or information that may be of future use, as well as staying current and seeking best practices for adoption. - Process Management
The ability to plan, execute, and oversee projects, and analyze and design or improve organizational processes, including incorporating the principles of high reliability, continuous quality improvement, and user-centered design.