Education
The Healthcare Business Institute’s educational mandate will embrace both formal degree-based education and shorter non-degree programs. The Institute will offer masters programs in healthcare that will bring the disciplinary focus of academic business disciplines to contemporary problems in healthcare. Graduates from this program will be able to lead healthcare organizations, interface with multiple entities in the healthcare ecosystem, and manage complex problems and projects. Degree programs offered by the Institute will include such domains as leadership, finance, technology, operations, marketing, and entrepreneurship.
Degree Programs
Master of Science in Healthcare Leadership
Healthcare is one of the fastest growing and most dynamic industries in the world, creating unprecedented demand for leaders who can improve quality, expand access, control costs, and drive innovation. The University of Houston's Master of Science in Healthcare Leadership prepares current and aspiring healthcare leaders to meet these challenges.
Designed for working professionals and career changers alike, this 36-credit-hour program combines business strategy, organizational leadership, healthcare operations, finance, analytics, technology, law, and policy to prepare graduates for leadership roles across healthcare systems, hospitals, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, insurance, consulting, and related industries.
Students work with world-class faculty to develop practical leadership skills while exploring topics such as healthcare quality, strategic leadership, healthcare finance and accounting, health law and policy, artificial intelligence and analytics, operations and supply chain management, and healthcare innovation. Courses are offered in a flexible online format with completion possible in as little as 12 months, making the program ideal for working professionals.
In addition to degree programs the institute will also sponsor a variety of non-degree Executive Development programs:
Focused Open Enrollment
Programs that will target specific groups of professionals, policy makers, and practitioners facing similar problems. Examples include physicians in multi-specialty hospitals, operations managers in hospitals, IT service managers in hospitals, healthcare supply chain managers, device makers, retail pharmacy systems, insurance providers, and risk managers in HMOs and PPOs.
Custom
Programs that will target a particular entity – such as a hospital or a medical device maker – and offer customized content in response to specific needs of the entity. Examples include, Leadership Programs, Marketing & Sales Effectiveness, Analytics and Big Data Applications in Healthcare, Operational Excellence, etc.
Certificate
Programs offered at UH Katy Campus which deal with specific problem areas of contemporary relevance such as healthcare project management, device pricing, care delivery efficiency and metrics, EMR/EHR management, sourcing and contracts, cost control in clinical care delivery systems, etc.