HSAM6020-A Exec Leadership In Healthcare

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School of Health Professions
Graduate

Term: Fall 2025
Session: 2nd 8 Week On-ground (Oct 20 - Dec 12)
Start Date: Monday, Oct 20, 2025
End Date: Friday, Dec 12, 2025
Availability: On Campus

This foundational course explores the leadership qualities required of executives in healthcare organizations committed to achieving value-based performance goals. It focuses on approaches to leadership in a variety of organizational contexts and takes a lerner-centered approach to supporting each student in identifying his or her strengths and leadership assets. Understanding the leadership process and development of self-awareness and skills necessary to lead effectively are emphasized. Particular attention is placed on the ethical considerations of the decision-making process and management of major strategic and organizational change initiatives in a post-Affordable Care Act healthcare landscape. Students will learn how to manage the ethical issues related to administrative and biomedical problems resulting from financial constraints advances in technology and population-based accountable care models of healthcare delivery. Case studies discussion role playing and guest speakers provide students with new insights into the roles challenges and critical decision-making skills of executives in regard to such issues as performance improvement mergers and acquisitions consolidations restructuring practice management strategic planning technology use and mHealth.2 Credits