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Health service managers are typically responsible for planning, coordinating and directing the delivery of quality service to those receiving services in hospitals, clinics, and other health-related organizations. This includes responsibility for many of the operational duties in these settings, including overseeing the training and recruitment of staff, following and maintaining budgetary and fiscal records, and managing daily operations.

This program aims to be certified by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) in the future. Certified undergraduate programs are recognized for having withstood the rigors of peer review in which curricula, faculty, and educational outcomes are critically examined by peer review. External stakeholders look at certification as a way to distinguish a program from its peers.

Preparing Students for Future Opportunities

Graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Health Services Management and Leadership program can expect to be employed in clinical/administrative healthcare, health services, and population health settings (like health departments) and to be strong candidates for Master of Public Health and Master of Health Administration programs.

Graduates of the Health Services Management and Leadership program will:

• Demonstrate a strong foundational knowledge of the history, principles, theories, frameworks, and current issues in public health.
• Describe health and health care dynamics, including the structures, policies, processes and institutions that make up the U.S. healthcare system.
• Manage the basic human, fiscal, and physical resources needed for accomplishing organizational goals.
• Articulate a personal management philosophy that integrates health services management and leadership concepts, knowledge, and skills.
• Apply principles and practices of health services management and leadership to identify and solve organizational problems.