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Healthcare Management Graduate Certificate (Online)

Program Overview

The 100% online Healthcare Management Graduate Certificate program at Fisher College is designed to advance your existing career or launch a new professional path in the healthcare industry. This program helps you develop key competencies for the ever-evolving demands of increasingly complex healthcare business models and management needs.

Why Choose Fisher’s Healthcare Management Graduate Certificate?

• Online Learning Designed for Healthcare Leaders: Invest in your professional growth alongside your existing work commitments. The remote learning format enables working professionals in the healthcare industry to study and increase their credentials without putting their careers on hold.
• Build Your Professional Network: Join an influential network of healthcare leaders and expand your career prospects. The healthcare management certificate online program partners you with healthcare professionals and administrators from across Boston and around the world.
• Apply the Credits to an MBA Degree: Further advance your professional potential in Fisher’s on-campus Master of Business Administration (MBA) or online MBA program. All 12 credits you earned in the healthcare administration certificate can be applied to our MBA programs.

Program Curriculum

Analyze and practice financial, logistical, and interpersonal management skills for the unique demands of healthcare environments in courses taught by leading industry professionals. The healthcare management certificate’s online coursework equips you with the directly applicable knowledge and experience employers seek for hiring, promotion, and advancement opportunities.

Program Requirements

• Core Courses:
  • MBA5150 Value-Based Operations and Logistics Management Practice
  • MBA6310 Leadership and Management in Healthcare
  • MBA6320 Managing Human Capital in Healthcare
  • MBA6330 Healthcare Financial Management
• Core Credits: 15

Learning Objectives

Upon completing the certificate in Healthcare Management, you achieve the following competencies:

• Identify human resource management principles and practices that can be utilized in the healthcare setting.
• Evaluate challenges associated with hiring, managing, and retaining healthcare human capital.
• Identify theories of leadership such as Servant Leadership, Authentic Leadership, and Transformational Leadership as applied to healthcare organizations.
• Describe healthcare values that influence healthcare leaders in their respective fields.
• Recognize the importance of healthcare financial management in a rapidly changing medical delivery system.

Career Opportunities

Pursue exciting avenues for career growth as a clinician or non-clinical healthcare industry professional. Demand for medical and health services managers is high, with 28% job growth projected over the next decade (Bureau of Labor Statistics). By earning the graduate certificate, you can elevate your career to managerial roles, expand your leadership responsibilities, and make an impact in the healthcare system.

Some potential job opportunities include:

• Healthcare Manager
• Clinical Care Manager
• Director of Clinical Services
• Healthcare Consultant
• Health Information Manager

Graduate Certificate Admission Requirements

To qualify for admission, you need to hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. The healthcare administration certificate online program admits students on a rolling basis.

Tuition and Financial Aid Options

Prepare for top positions in healthcare management with a high-quality, affordable certificate from Fisher College. At the rate of $651 per credit hour, Fisher’s healthcare management certificate program is accessible and welcoming to students of all backgrounds. We further support your education through financial aid opportunities, including grants and loans.

Program Snapshot

• Credits: 12
• Term Length: 8 weeks
• Learning Format: Online
• Typical Time to Completion: 3 terms; 6 months

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