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The Executive MHA offers a hybrid online/in-residence executive education program that will prepare the graduate to meet career objectives. The program provides students with the flexibility to meet program requirements while maintaining full-time administrative positions, but also emphasizes the importance of an integrated approach to executive education.
The curriculum of the EMHA is organized around five themes: Thriving in transformational times through innovative leadership; delivering cost-effective care in an era of value-based purchasing; providing efficient management and administration; developing and implementing strategies to enhance patient safety and quality of care; and demonstrating organizational and clinical effectiveness through health information technology. These integrated themes and the associated content provide graduates with a comprehensive approach that expands their understanding of the key principles and applications necessary to function in a senior administrative leadership role.
1. Thriving in Transformational Times through Innovative Leadership Developing executives who anticipate health care delivery system changes and create strategies to take advantage of these opportunities to maximize organizational potential.
2. Delivering Cost-Effective Care in Era of Value-Based Purchasing Developing a cognitive and intuitive understanding of the fundamental factors driving health care delivery system evolution (cost and effectiveness) and how organizations can evolve aligning with these objectives.
3. Providing Efficient Management and Administration Translating the fundamental factors of cost and effectiveness in the internal operations of the organization to improve productivity, clinical outcomes and patient experience.
4. Developing and Implementing Strategies to Enhance Patient Safety and Quality of Care Operationalizing outcomes that matter to payers, organizations and clinicians.
5. Demonstrating Organizational and Clinical Effectiveness Through Health Information Technology Demonstrating how health information technology systems provide a foundation for the organization’s strategic growth.
Click here for a full list of themes and associated courses
Degree candidates are required to complete a total of 36 units to be eligible for the Executive MHA degree.
A high level of attendance is expected for EMHA courses. Program participants are required to maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average to fulfill degree requirements. Full-time students complete the program within 6 semesters. If it becomes necessary to extend the course of study, arrangements can be made through the student services advisor. However, administrative fees and/or higher program costs may apply.
In addition to the synchronous and asynchronous learning modules included in each course, students will participate in a four-day in-residence session, twice during the program. The first in-residence session will occur before the midpoint of the program, and the second session will be a capstone experience during the last semester of the program. The Executive MHA degree program does not require a supervised field placement (residency) in a health care organization.
Available for direct interaction with students, the guest speakers and USC EMHA faculty members will address the future of the health care industry, examine life in the health care C-Suite, discuss current and future trends and define how health care leadership will evolve.
HMGT-520
Leading People and Health Care Organizations
4 Units
HMGT-540
Health Care Economics, Financing and Reimbursement
4 Units
PPD-511
Health Information Systems
2 Units
HGMT-601
Operations Management Accountability
4 Units
HGMT-575
Managing and Improving Health
4 Units
PPD-518
Quality of Care Concepts
2 Units
HMGT-565
Managing the Organization’s Financial Health
4 Units
HMGT-512
Information Technology and Patient Engagement
2 Units
HGMT-603
Development and Monitoring of Quality and Patient Safety and Outcomes
2 Units
HGMT-602
Operational Efficiency Processes in Health Care Organizations
2 Units
HGMT-570
Strategic Management
4 Units
HGMT-600
Managing Risk
2 Units
HMGT-520
Leading People and Health Care Organizations
4 Units
HGMT-575
Managing and Improving Health
4 Units
HGMT-570
Strategic Management
4 Units
HGMT-601
Operations Management Accountability
4 Units
HGMT-602
Operational Efficiency Processes in Health Care Organizations
2 Units
PPD-518
Quality of Care Concepts
2 Units
HGMT-603
Development and Monitoring of Quality and Patient Safety and Outcomes
2 Units
PPD-511
Health Information Systems
2 Units
HMGT-512
Information Technology and Patient Engagement
2 Units
For an example of a sample cohort schedule click here
Chart of competencies and program outcomes click here
We continually review the Executive Master of Health Administration program to ensure the best possible educational experience. As a result, we reserve the right to alter at any time the curriculum, class schedule, fees, faculty, location or other program components for the purpose of achieving our educational mission.