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B.S. in Health Studies - Child Development
The health care industry is changing dramatically and health care organizations are growing more complex. Gain the knowledge base required to understand and anticipate the continuing changes in the health care industry. Broaden your understanding of the policies, organization, financing and dynamics of the U.S. health care system. You can leverage your experience and help prepare to take the next step in your career and professional development, whether you currently work in allied health or are seeking to enter the field.Gain the knowledge and skills you need to work collaboratively with families and specialists as a hospital or behavioral health child-life professional, child advocate, family crisis professional, or parent support specialist. Discover how a child's familial, cultural, and communal surroundings can shape his or her healthy development. Explore how cognitive, social, and emotional challenges influence a child's behavioral growth.
B.S. in Health Studies - Disaster & Emergency Management
Gain the knowledge base required to understand and anticipate the continuing changes in the health care industry. Broaden your understanding of the policies, organization, financing and dynamics of the U.S. health care system. You can leverage your experience and help prepare to take the next step in your career and professional development, whether you currently work in allied health or are seeking to enter the field. The health care industry is changing dramatically and health care organizations are growing more complex. Learn how to plan and implement effective strategies for emergency management and cross-agency coordination. You can explore the importance of disaster and emergency management to homeland security in the Disaster & Emergency Management concentration. You will analyze disaster and emergency situations, including how to assess the needs of victims.
B.S. in Health Studies - Health Communications
Gain the knowledge base required to understand and anticipate the continuing changes in the health care industry. Broaden your understanding of the policies, organization, financing and dynamics of the U.S. health care system. You can leverage your experience and help prepare to take the next step in your career and professional development whether you currently work in allied health or are seeking to enter the field. The health care industry is changing dramatically and health care organizations are growing more complex. In the Health Communications concentration, you can learn how to use media planning tools to support health communication and public relations initiatives and strategies. Health communication can play a vital role in shaping public opinion and influencing health behavior. Explore best practices for selecting the appropriate communication approaches for specific health communication scenarios.
B.S. in Health Studies - Health & Cultural Diversity
Whether you currently work in allied health or are seeking to enter the field, you can leverage your experience and help prepare to take the next step in your career and professional development. Gain the knowledge base required to understand and anticipate the continuing changes in the health care industry. Broaden your understanding of the policies, organization, financing and dynamics of the U.S. health care system. The health care industry is changing dramatically and health care organizations are growing more complex.You must be able to work effectively within a culturally diverse and complex society as a healthcare professional. In the Health & Cultural Diversity concentration at Walden University, you can learn how to recognize differences in communication styles across cultures and explore sociocultural factors that can influence health issues, such as ethnicity, culture, religion, education, and gender. You can acquire the communication skills to successfully interact among various cultural and ethnic groups.
B.S. in Health Studies - Self Designed
Whether you currently work in allied health or are seeking to enter the field, you can leverage your experience and help prepare to take the next step in your career and professional development. The health care industry is changing dramatically and health care organizations are growing more complex. Gain the knowledge base required to understand and anticipate the continuing changes in the health care industry. Broaden your understanding of the policies, organization, financing and dynamics of the U.S. health care system. Study a broad range of health-related subjects as you develop your own focus area of study. As you develop your own focus area of study, the Self Designed Bachelor in Health Science degree will allow you to study a broad range of health-related subject. Choose six courses from any of the concentrations in the B.S. in Health Studies program.
Bachelor of Arts Management - Health Services Management (Degree Completion)
The Malone Bachelor of Arts Management Program (MMP) helps students earn a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in business management and can choose a concentration in Health Services Management, Organizational Management, or Marketing. It is an accelerated degree completion program designed to fit the educational needs of a non-traditional aged student. Health Services Management examines legal issues related to health care, explores consumer health choices, and provides an in-depth study of health care systems and organization.
Bachelor in Business Administration - Health Services Management
DeVry's business administration degree program with a Health Services Management specialization, provides students not only with communications and teamwork skills but also with more of the business and management skills that today's employers seek. Bachelor's degree holders in this field have a wide range of exciting career opportunities from assistant department head to assistant hospital administrator to management positions in residential care facilities and practitioners' offices. DeVry University works with top business and health care industry leaders to design programs that produce graduates who meet their needs. With an aging population, advances in treatment and evolving regulatory guidelines, the healthcare industry requires more qualified professionals with strong business and management skills who can handle all aspects of running a medical facility. In fact, employment of medical and health service managers is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations!
BA/Health Care Studies - Speech and Language Therapy
Personalize your Bachelor of Arts in Health Care Studies degree when you pair it with a transfer concentration. You can transfer up to 12 approved credits of Speech and Language Therapy coursework to qualify as your concentration in the Health Care Studies degree program. Your fundamental understanding of how to assess and treat speech, language and communication problems in people of all ages to enable them to communicate to the best of their ability will combine easily with your studies of the US health care system, as well as medical ethics and law culminating in a well-rounded degree. Earn your Bachelor of Arts in Health Care Studies degree and demonstrate your knowledge and skills to provide quality service in the health care industry.
Bachelor of Health Services Administration
This program will prepare students to plan, direct, coordinate, budget, and assess activities in a variety of health care settings.The combination of general education and health services courses are designed to cultivate critical thinking skills necessary for managing. This program prepares individuals to develop administrative skills necessary to work effectively in a variety of health care settings.
- Write and speak effectively, read and listen critically, and handle learning resources effectively;
- Demonstrate eligibility for management positions in the health services industry;
- Interpret and analyze healthcare and historical data;
- Identify the human values which govern responsible moral choice and apply fundamental human beliefs in a critical and reasoned manner;
- Expand their practice capabilities;
- Coordinate a successful job search;
- Enhance interdisciplinary understanding and collaboration.
Bachelor of Science - Health Services Management
The BS in Health Services Management degree will support an expanded professional role with enhanced assessment skills, stronger communication skills, and the ability to better understand and respond to an increasingly diverse community. A maximum of 90 credits can be transferred. Graduates may find mid-level management positions in healthcare organizations including hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory care centers, and home health agencies. This program is designed for the individual who wishes to complete a health-based interdisciplinary, bachelor of science degree on a full-time or part-time basis for upward career mobility, or to respond to employer requests for broadened health-services skills. In response to the needs of the healthcare industry, graduates of this program should be able to:
Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration
The purpose of the Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration program is to prepare the learner to identify new markets, to understand the health system and health care financing, and to manage diverse groups. Course highlights include Health Care Ethics, Health Program Planning and Evaluation, and Population and Health Management.
Bachelor of Science in Applied Health
The Bachelor of Applied Health (B.A.H.) is the first University of Minnesota online degree targeted to working professionals in the health industry seeking to complete a bachelor's degree and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Students must complete 42 clinical or occupational credits with a partnering institution prior to graduation, 120 credits are required for degree completion. Typical students may be nurses or laboratory/radiology technicians moving into supervisory roles or professionals in long-term care facilities needing additional coursework for state licensing eligibility.
Bachelor of Arts in Health Services Administration
The BA degree with a major in Health Services Administration focuses on skills needed in today's health care industry. The program looks at the unique skills needed by a Health Service Administrator through case studies, projects and related computer software applications in addition to providing a basic understanding of Health Services. This program provides students with the education necessary to succeed in the Health Services environment and enhances employment and promotion potential. Topics include Public and Private Heath Care, Coding and Billing, and Financial and Legal Issues in Health Care. All coursework is offered online, giving you the freedom to complete your studies anytime, anywhere. Health services managers deal with evolving integrated health care delivery systems, technological innovations and a complex regulatory environment. Keiser University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award certificates and degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels. For questions about the accreditation of Keiser University, contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500.