Prepares students for positions in the planning, directing, coordinating, and supervising of health care delivery. Health services managers must be prepared to deal with evolving integrated health care delivery systems, restructuring of work, technological innovations, and an increased focus on preventive care. While working to improve efficiency in health care facilities and the quality of the health care provided, administrators face the challenge of managing within a legal and ethical framework. Students may seek positions in hospitals; nursing homes; health maintenance organizations; physician group practices; diagnostic, surgery, and rehabilitation clinics; long-term care facilities; the insurance industry; and government agencies.
Operations Management in Health Care
Patients and Providers: Managing in the Health Care Professions