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"This program provides an excellent balance between conceptual material, practical learning exercises, and projects which are directly applicable to the work situation."
Richard J. Goldberg, MD, MS
MHCM Class of 2001
Psychiatrist-in-Chief
Rhode Island Hospital and the Miriam


Tailored To Physicians' Specific Health Care Management Needs

The Master of Science degree goes beyond the traditional MBA program, by applying business management disciplines to the specialized practices of the health care sector.
  • Operations Management
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Accounting and Control
  • Corporate Strategy Determination
  • Financial Management
  • Information Systems
  • Marketing
  • Negotiation and Communication

Leveraging Public Health Expertise to Stay Ahead of the Curve on Health Care Trends, Issues, and Competitive Strategies

The program also provides courses not generally offered in traditional business school programs, which prepare managers to deal specifically with the US healthcare marketplace...

  • Public Health Perspectives - an overview of the economic, environmental, and social behavioral influences upon health policy and management
  • Health Policy and Payment Systems - develop knowledge to manage the challenges presented by our public and private health financing systems
  • Health Care Quality Improvement - an interdisciplinary approach to creating systems that address the realities of human error in health delivery systems
  • Statistical and Epidemiological Tools for Quality Improvement - applies public health's traditional disciplines to turn data into actionable information at the level of delivery systems and health plans
  • Physician Leadership Seminar - providing leadership skills for physicians, with special guidance on the task of managing physicians