Health Administration, Grad. Cert. | Online

Ready to Lead

From staffing constraints to regulatory compliance to social media wellness influencers, helping patients live their best lives is becoming increasingly challenging. Do you have the knowledge and skills to adapt to this ever-shifting landscape?

With a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Administration from Belhaven University, you're prepared to take on the toughest challenges at any organization. You learn to navigate the complexities of finance, legal, ethics, change management, and more — all taught by experienced faculty from a caring Christian worldview.

This 15-credit hour program is open to students with an undergraduate or graduate degree. You're ready to make a difference. Belhaven can make it happen.

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Why You’ll Love Health Administration at Belhaven

What Can You Do with a Health Administration Degree?

• Direct departments within a hospital
• Executive leadership roles
• Leadership roles in pharmaceutical companies and government agencies
• Leadership roles within physicians’ groups and doctors’ offices
• Manage medical records and finances
• Manage mental health, nursing homes, and other care facilities
• Manage nonprofit organizations
• Marketing and communications for hospitals
• Oversee the quality and safety of hospitals and patients

What Sets Us Apart from Other Programs?

• Explore current issues and trends in the health care system (including health care reform and social media in health care)
• Examine key trends impacting the nation’s health care organizations
• Study the legal environment from a health care management perspective (including topics such as the basic structure of the court system and the general legal responsibilities and liabilities of health care organizations)
• Study how to achieve quality with the structure and relationships of the complex system of a health care organization (including systems thinking, improving and managing process change, and performance measurement)

What Will You Learn in a Certificate Program?

• Explore current issues and trends in the health care system, including health care reform and social media in health care.
• Examine key trends impacting the nation’s health care organizations.
• Study the legal environment from a health care management perspective, including topics such as the basic structure of the court system and the general legal responsibilities and liabilities of health care organizations.
• Study how to achieve quality with the structure and relationships of the complex system of a health care organization, including systems thinking, improving and managing process change, and performance measurement.