Business Administration: Major in Healthcare Management

  
healthcare_management_degreeDegree level:

Bachelor's

Healthcare plays a vitally important role in today’s changing world.

You can be in demand and at the forefront of what’s happening with a degree in business administration: major in healthcare management. The curriculum will provide you with a solid foundation in business concepts and healthcare management, while general education courses promote skills in critical thinking, communications and problem solving, ensuring that you’ll be well prepared for contemporary healthcare workplace challenges. With your degree, you’ll be prepared to put your passion for helping people into action in a variety of healthcare organizations, such as hospitals, public healthcare agencies, long-term care facilities, physician group practices and managed-care facilities. As a graduate, you’ll be able to qualify for positions such as assistant office manager or assistant administrator, and if you enter the program with prior experience in the field, you may qualify for positions like assistant office manager, assistant administrator or assistant clinical manager.

 

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  • Our accelerated approach can help you earn your bachelor’s degree in as little as 3 years.

Business Administration: Major in Healthcare Management Course Information

A business administration: major in healthcare management degree opens up a world of possibilities. Course topics include:

  • Law and Compliance in Healthcare
  • Public Health and Disease
  • Health Information Systems
  • Operations Management
  • Healthcare Needs of the Elderly
  • Managed Care
  • Risk Management in Healthcare
  • Introduction to Long-Term Care

 
Upon successful completion of the program, you will be able to:

  • Apply healthcare management principles and practices
  • Analyze healthcare-related technology and information systems
  • Apply financial management and accounting principles
  • Identify aspects of healthcare systems
  • Interpret healthcare laws and policies
  • Defend ethical decisions
  • Formulate a strategic plan


Locations offering the bachelor's degree in
Business Administration: Major in Healthcare Management

Online
Online Campus

California
Anaheim - Anaheim, CA
Inland Empire - Upland, CA
Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
South Bay - Torrance, CA

Georgia
Atlanta Midtown - Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Northlake - Atlanta, GA

Illinois
Chicago Loop - Chicago, IL
DuPage - Woodridge, IL
O'Hare Airport - Chicago, IL
River Oaks - Calumet City, IL

Texas
Dallas - Dallas, TX
Fort Worth - Fort Worth, TX

Virginia
Annandale Satellite - Annandale, VA
Arlington Ballston - Arlington, VA

 

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Did You Know?

  • Our accelerated approach can help you earn your bachelor’s degree in as little as 3 years.

Where could your Business Administration: Major in Healthcare Management degree take you?

Take a look at a few of the career paths that might be yours with a bachelor’s degree in business administration: major in healthcare management from Westwood College.

Assistant Office Manager

  • Manage patient scheduling, staff productivity, collections and receivables, specialty referral processes and miscellaneous operations expenses
  • Increase and stimulate new patient growth by supporting marketing and promotional programs
  • Achieve and maintain superior patient satisfaction scores by developing a team that provides excellent customer service and quality of care
  • Respond to doctor, patient and employee inquiries and seek assistance when necessary

Assistant Administrator

  • Work in hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities and other healthcare environments
  • Assist in managing personnel, finances, facility operations and admissions.

Assistant Clinical Manager

  • Oversee and manage the daily operations of the clinic
  • Create and maintain staff work schedules
  • Provide excellent service to members/guests by answering phone calls, setting appointments, greeting members/guests upon arrival and selling memberships
  • Generate sales reports, assist with payroll, make bank deposits, take inventory and order supplies as needed by the clinic manager

 

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Our graduates receive hands-on, career-focused training. Don't wait another day; start transforming your life into the one you've always wanted.
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Did You Know?

  • Our accelerated approach can help you earn your bachelor’s degree in as little as 3 years.

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