• Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) since 1968
• One of the nation's top-tier institutions, Mizzou has a reputation of excellence in teaching and research
• The health management executive program is ranked No. 5 among Modern Physician magazine's "Top Business Graduate Schools for Physician Executives" for 2009
• Ranked No. 13 for Best Healthcare Management Schools by U.S. News & World Report

Featured Programs from University of Missouri:

• Health Administration and Informatics - MHA
• Health Administration - MHA
• Health Informatics - MS

Health Administration and Informatics - Dual Master's
Students seeking a Master of Science in Health Informatics may expand their studies to a dual degree with the Executive Program in Health Services Management (MHA). Earning a dual degree takes less time than completing two degrees independently (it can be done in three years), and takes advantage of overlaps between the two curricula. The dual degree program requires that students meet the prerequisites of both the Health Services Management and Health Informatics degrees.

• Design of Health and Human Services Systems
• Methods of Health Services Research
• Health Economics
• Design and Management of Healthcare Information Systems
• Decision Support in Health Care Systems
• Methods of Health Services Research

Health Administration - MHA
The Executive Program in Health Services Management is designed to help meet the growing demand for health professionals with high-quality management training, by offering a CAHME accredited Master of Health Administration degree. The program prepares practicing professionals for executive leadership positions across the full spectrum of health care settings. Candidates for the program include physicians, nurses, other clinical professionals, and finance, information, and human resource executives with at least three years of clinical or administrative experience.

Implemented in 1965, the program is a member of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) and has been accredited since 1968 by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).

• Administration of Health Care Organizations
• Methods of Health Services Research
• Health Care Law
• Introduction to Health Informatics
• Managerial Epidemiology
• Health Care Policy and Politics

Health Informatics - Master of Science
The Executive Health Informatics Program is designed for self-motivated professionals working in the healthcare and information technology fields, providing them an increased understanding of the transforming potential and complexity of advanced information technology applied to healthcare organizations. The curriculum provides an applied orientation, drawing on the best evidence, to develop an in-depth understanding of how health organizations and systems are structured and function and how information technology can be applied to improve the integration, quality and safety of clinical services as well as the efficiency and overall business function. Graduates will be prepared to design, develop, implement and evaluate information technologies to improve systems at operational as well as the enterprise levels.

Candidates for the program include physicians, nurses, other clinical professionals, and information technology managers of health care organizations with at least three years of technical, clinical, or administrative experience. Our graduates lead organizations in the application of information technology to improve the delivery of health care. Career paths include CIO, systems developer, software designer, consultant, and many more.

• Introduction to Health Informatics
• Enterprise Information Architecture
• Decision Support in Health Care Systems
• Information Security and Policy
• Data Warehousing and Data/Text Mining for Health Care
• Knowledge Management in Health Care