Health Administration

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Health administrators are responsible for the business side of health care. They manage everything from facilities to purchasing to finance. As the health delivery system expands, and the pressure to provide additional services at reduced costs grows, the role of the professional administrator, even in clinics, is expected to also grow. Health administrators face unique challenges due to the changing nature of patient care, and the expected increase in the need for health care services. Health Administrators have to be good decision makers. They frequently have responsibility for a physical plant with expensive, specialized equipment, and hundreds or thousands of employees. An understanding of finance, information systems, human relationships and leadership skills is essential to a successful career.

ATSU’s School of Health Management (SHM) offers a 60-credit-hour, 15-course distance education program culminating in a Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.) degree. Graduates of this program enter a fast-growing segment of the U.S. labor market. The U.S. Department of Labor forecasts that there will be 45,000 annual job openings for medical and health services managers between 2002 and 2012. SHM’s academic degree plan allows completion of the program in as little as 18 months up to 42 months.

For more information, please visit the Health Administration program page at ATSU’s School of Health Management.