Healthcare Administration Major and Learning Outcomes

Students who graduate from DeSales University with a major in healthcare administration will be able to:

1. apply the principles of management theory and practices to analyze real world problems related to the organization and delivery of healthcare services;
2. demonstrate knowledge of how the U.S. healthcare system is organized and how its component institutions function and interact;
3. critically analyze the economic, ethical, financial, legal, and regulatory factors that affect the delivery and quality of healthcare services; and
4. evaluate current practices and trends in outcomes assessment and quality management, and their role in healthcare policy and strategy formulation.