ASU Online MS in Health Care Administration and Policy

The College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University (ASU) offers an online Master of Science in Health Care Administration and Policy. This degree program is specifically designed for professionals in clinical or administrative health care roles who wish to work toward value-based health care.

Topics covered include health care economics, population health, health care policy, data analytics, improved patient quality of care, and Lean Six Sigma principles. Students complete research and a capstone project in which they apply what they’ve learned to a current health care issue.

In addition, ASU offers an online Science of Health Care Delivery Graduate Certificate with three tracks: Quality and Process Improvement, Clinical Informatics, and Leadership. This certificate can be applied to the full Science of Health Care Delivery MS degree. This program is in line with the Institute for Health Care Improvement’s (IHI) Triple Aim which is to improve quality of care and patient satisfaction, population health improvement, and reduction of health care costs.

The Health Care Administration and Policy MS degree can be completed in nine months full-time or two years part-time. The Graduate Certificate can be completed in 9 months to a year. ASU courses begin every 7.5 weeks. The MS degree consists of 30 credits through 11 courses and the graduate certificate consists of 15 credits and 5 courses. The programs are 100% online with no campus visits required.

ASU uses the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). Courses are offered asynchronously for the most part, although some synchronous activities may be required. Course delivery and materials may include recorded videos, readings, individual and group assignments, and assessments. Students and faculty may interact online through conferencing and multimedia tools such as discussion boards and chat, as well as by email and phone.

Courses for the MS degree include Fundamentals of Health Informatics; Health Care Systems and Design; Biostatistics and Data Management; Population Health; Health Economics, Policy, and Payment Models; Health Care Management and Finance; Process Engineering; and Leadership and Professionalism. Students also complete one elective, two credit hours of research, and a culminating capstone experience.

Required courses for the Science of Health Care Delivery Graduate Certificate include Health Care Systems and Design; Health Economics, Policy and Payment Models; and Seminar in Science of Health Care Delivery.

Students following the Quality and Process Improvement track also take Process Engineering and Biostatistics and Data Management.

Students following the Clinical Informatics track also take Fundamentals of Health Informatics and Clinical Decision Support and Evidence-Based Medicine.

Students following the Leadership track also take Health Care Management and Leadership and Professionalism.

Arizona State University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges.