Doctor of Healthcare Administration (DHA)

Prepare to Tackle the Issues that Challenge Today’s Healthcare Administrators

This innovative, part-time doctoral program prepares healthcare professionals to become leaders through an interdisciplinary education leading to careers in healthcare administration. The curriculum consists of coursework in five distinct areas: healthcare systems and environments of care; healthcare leadership and finance; operations and data analytics; the doctoral research core; and contemporary topics. During the course of your study, you will build the broad knowledge and skills necessary to address complex, practice-based problems in healthcare. You may start the program in the fall or spring.

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Mikayla MacNeil

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Your DHA Journey

The DHA program strengthens your analytical, leadership, and scholarly skills in each area of study. You will graduate ready to:

demonstrate critical thinking and critical analyses through the identification, assessment, and translation of evidence to solutions that address the complex practice-based problems of healthcare
advance professional practice in healthcare through the collection and collation of available data, synthesis of evidence, and demonstration of support for complex decision-making in the evolving healthcare environment
model collaboration, communication, and motivational approaches that lead teams and colleagues to perform at the highest levels and achieve shared goals
integrate the principles of quality improvement in leading, innovating, and developing solutions to improve healthcare delivery
practice interdisciplinary and interprofessional leadership in pursuit of sustainable changes in healthcare delivery and health services organizations
leverage the latest technology to develop solutions to healthcare administration and leadership challenges, while maintaining professional ethics and standards
demonstrate knowledge of healthcare finance, accounting, and general business principles in addressing the challenges of healthcare
demonstrate social responsibility and organizational citizenship promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), and professional ethics.