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Health Administration Careers
There is a lot that goes into running a medical practice. Health administrators take on the duties that medical professionals like doctors, dentists, and surgeons can't do. A health administrator's duties can include: human resources, finances, filing, billing, essential administrative duties, and patient interaction. Health administrators can work one-on-one with medical professionals in health care offices, work as part of a group of health care administrators in larger offices, or even lead a team of health administrators. By doing the work that doctors, surgeons, and dentists need help with, health administrators perform a vital task in health care offices and through your work, you can help medical professionals save lives.
With flexible class scheduling, financial aid assistance, and over 100 degree programs, University of Phoenix can help you get there.
The Bachelor of Science in Health Administration
The BSHA Program is designed to integrate a foundation of general education and applied sciences with the expertise that prepares the graduate for professional careers in a variety of health care or related health settings. The BSHA curriculum addresses the basic body of knowledge, understanding, and skills identified as relevant to health care services such as management, finance and accounting, legal and ethical parameters, health and disease factors, and human and information resources. In addition, majors provide the student with initial educational preparation for careers in long term care and health information systems.
Curriculum in health administration may include:
- Skills for Professional Development
- Organizational Behavior
- Statistical Applications
- Health Care Delivery in the U.S.
- Health Care Communication Strategies
- Concepts of Health and Disease
- Health Care Management Strategies
- Human Resources: Principles and Practices in Health Care
- Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility
- Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance
- Health Care Quality Management and Outcomes Analysis
- Public and Community Health
- Health Care Financial Accounting
- Economics: The Financing of Health Care
- Health Care Information Systems
- Health Care Consumer - Trends and Marketing
- Leadership and Performance Development
- Health Care Policy: The Past and the Future
- Facility Planning
- Health Administration Capstone
Higher Education, Highly Accessible
Founded in 1976, University of Phoenix is dedicated to meeting the educational needs of working students. Now the largest private university in North America, we have nearly 200 educational facilities, as well as a flexible online learning format to deliver our education programs in most countries around the world.
Regardless of where or how you attend class, you'll receive a real-world education with real value.
- Earn your education while attending class at times and places that fit your busy schedule.
- Learn from instructors who hold advanced degrees and have substantial experience in the fields they teach.
- Collaborate with peers in small, interactive classes.
- Receive personalized student support every step of the way.
You work hard. A college degree does too.
With convenient class locations as well as online learning, University of Phoenix makes quality higher education highly accessible. Whether you're seeking an associate's, bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree, we can help you reach your goal while you work-and much sooner than you might expect.
In fact, University of Phoenix has helped thousands of students achieve the higher education they need to achieve higher success. We can help you too.
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