Tackle the challenges associated with improving healthcare delivery systems with this CAHME-accredited, practice-based program that builds crucial analytical and leadership competencies. This certificate is 28 credits. For more information on the Healthcare Management Certificate, visit the student dashboard.
For admission eligibility, degree requirements, deadlines, and application information, contact the Admissions Office at asksph@bu.edu.
Upon completion of the MPH with a certificate in Healthcare Management, graduates excel in five key areas: health care system analysis, health policy analysis, improvement and implementation, leadership, and professionalism.
Health Care Delivery Systems: Issues and Innovations
Managerial Skills for Problem Solving
Managerial Accounting for Healthcare Leaders
Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations
Operations Management in Health Care
Sample Practicum
Program Evaluation Intern, Fenway Community Health Center
Administrative & Elder Service Plan Intern, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Health Systems Administrative Intern, Veterans’ Affairs Boston Healthcare System
Population Health Intern, Atrius Health
Assistant Program Administrator, BUMC Center for Implementation & Improvement Sciences
Neurology Quality Improvement Intern, Boston Children’s Hospital
Performance Management & Quality Improvement Intern, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Process Improvement Consultant Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital Orthopedics Department
Integrative Learning Experience
The ILE for the Healthcare management certificate is designed to be completed during a student’s last semester in the program, and is focused on evidence-based management, requiring that students apply current research findings in the field of healthcare management to an applied healthcare delivery problem or question.
