Credit Hours: 36
Pre-requisite: Bachelor Degree
Program Duration: 52 weeks
Cost per Credit Hour: $430 per credit hour
Total Cost of Tuition and Fees: $15,480
Course Materials (Books & Software): $1,100
Total Cost of Program: $16,580 (tuition, fees, course materials, shipping)
Group and Team Tuition Rates Available
Program Description
The Master of Science Degree in Health Systems Management is a hands-on, applied program during which individuals understand and apply the knowledge, competencies and skills valued in the global marketplace and of value to students themselves. Courses focus on separate competency and skills such as team building, benchmarking, lean/six sigma analysis, project management and finance in Healthcare-related applications. To assist program completion, each of the three semesters ends with a Practicum/Project review of all learning in the previous semester. The courses culminate in a team project at an employer or sponsor that achieves practical, and measurable results before students graduate. Students can thus show their current or potential employers a real result done in real time.
Program Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, the graduate should be able to:
- Lead a Healthcare work-related team
- Identify and correct process flaws or process breakdown in Healthcare
- Improve processes and designated projects
- Achieve tangible, measurable, financial project management results
Potential Employment
Upon successfully completing this program the graduate may qualify to lead a quality-based Healthcare team, business unit or compliance initiative in Healthcare. Graduates will be able to demonstrate skilled project management, process improvement in contemporary team environments, and measurable, tangible and financial results from a designated project
Courses
| Code | Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| QSM 500 | Principles and Best Practices of Quality Systems Management in Healthcare | 3 |
| QSM 520 | Teams and Team Tools | 3 |
| QSM 535 | Project Management | 3 |
| QSM 538 | Process Mapping | 3 |
| QSM 550 | Practicum: Master’s Project I | 3 |
| QSM 551 | Practicum: Master’s Project II | 3 |
| QSM 552 | Practicum: Master’s Project III | 3 |
| QSM 575 | Quality Based Financial Systems | 3 |
| QSM 577 | Lean Six Sigma Applications | 3 |
| QSM 580 | Benchmarking | 3 |
| QSM 594 | Leaders and Lessons Learned | 3 |
| QSM 598 | Directed Readings, Research and Writing | 3 |
