Program Overview

Overview of the Master of Healthcare Innovation Program

The Master of Healthcare Innovation is a leadership program focused on teaching the science of innovation for direct application in a world full of change. With a curriculum centered around innovation, this program helps students gain the knowledge and skills needed to facilitate new ideas, products, and services for the betterment of patient care and accessibility.

Program Details

• The Master of Healthcare Innovation can be completed as part of an accelerated track wherein students obtain both a bachelor's and master's degree in as little as one extra year after completing an undergraduate degree.
• Students can earn a master’s in health care innovation in one of five Accelerated Master's program options, which include:
  • Bachelor of Applied Science in health entrepreneurship and innovation.
  • Bachelor of Science in community health.
  • Bachelor of Science in health care coordination.
  • Bachelor of Science in health entrepreneurship and innovation.
  • Bachelor of Science in integrative health.
• Each program has unique requirements to be eligible.

Curriculum and Learning Outcomes

In the master’s in health care innovation, students develop competence in the design, application, and testing of innovative processes and products, with a primary focus on preparing to lead processes of innovation and transformation. Students also learn how to create and sustain cultures of innovation in health care from multiple perspectives, such as:

• Communication.
• Entrepreneurship.
• Financing.
• Remodeling system infrastructures.
• Technology and policy-making.
• Use of evidence in decision-making.
• Additional skills gained throughout this health innovation degree include forward thinking, planning, implementation, change theory, technology, and system design, entrepreneurship, financing, and evaluation.

Career Opportunities

As a graduate of the master’s in health care innovation program, students can choose to focus on a variety of areas throughout the industry — all in need of innovation. Potential career paths include, but are not limited to:

• Health administration consultant.
• Health care administrator.
• Chief innovation officer.
• Community health leader.
• Entrepreneur or startup executive.
• Health product innovation manager.
• Nonprofit administrator.

Faculty and Research

The Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation is home to world-renowned and award-winning faculty members. Faculty accomplishments include, but aren’t limited to:

• Fulbright Senior Scholar.
• National faculty nursing awards.
• Rosalynn Carter National Leadership Award in Caregiving.
• Ruth B. Freeman Award from the American Public Health Association.

Application Requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree from a nationally recognized, regionally accredited academic institution.

• Applicants for this master’s in health care innovation must have a minimum of a 3.00 cumulative GPA in the last 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of their first bachelor's degree. Alternatively, a minimum of a 3.00 cumulative GPA in an applicable master's degree is acceptable.
• All applicants must submit:
  • Graduate admission application and application fee.
  • Official transcripts.
  • Up-to-date curriculum vitae or resume.
  • Proof of English language proficiency (for certain applicants).

Tuition and Financial Aid

• Use the tuition calculator to estimate full-time or part-time tuition fees for this program prior to any financial aid.
• Most students receive financial aid, which can reduce out-of-pocket costs.

Program Structure

• The program consists of 34 credits, including core courses, electives, and a hands-on capstone project.
• The Seven Pillars of Innovation serve as the foundation for the program’s curriculum.
• Courses include:
  • Advanced Principles and Concepts of Innovation.
  • Financing for Innovation.
  • Healthcare Policy and Innovation.
  • Innovation and the Individual.
  • Innovation Methods.
  • IT for Healthcare Innovation.
  • Outcomes Evaluation.
  • Systems Thinking in a Complex Environment.