This features section explores career paths, professors to know, industry changes, and other forces shaping the experience of online MHA students. These features cover the realities of pursuing an online degree, including applications tips, internship requirements, scholarship prospects, and advice for finding a job upon graduation.
Check back regularly for updates, including interviews with program administrators, career profiles, and application tips.
January 24, 2019
In many ways, a VA health administrator’s job is similar to any other healthcare administrator’s job, but the specific demographic being served in the VA necessitates a unique set of responsibilities, skills, and education.
January 22, 2019
Check out exceptional health informatics faculty members at four notable universities: Boston University's Metropolitan College, the University of Scranton, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Cincinnati.
January 2, 2019
Healthcare is the biggest industry in the United States. While the number of physicians has grown in tandem with the growth in population since the 1970s, the number of healthcare administrators has risen by 3,200 percent in the same timeframe, and that number is still set to grow further.
December 26, 2018
As Baby Boomers move into later stages of their lives, they will need more care; those who work in healthcare will retire, resulting in more demand for younger healthcare professionals. And as electronic health records become an industry standard, medical facilities will increasingly need administrators trained in organizational management and internet technology to oversee a facility’s operations.
December 14, 2018
Technological breakthroughs have helped increase life expectancy, which has resulted in a larger population of the elderly. Older populations face a unique set of social and economic challenges that require well-trained professionals who can make the experience of aging an enriching one.
November 29, 2018
Electronic health records (EHR) and other clinical software systems are the new industry standard in healthcare. However, plenty of clinics, hospitals, and private practices have yet to make the full migration. That’s where clinical application analysts come in.
November 19, 2018
Clinical research is an ever-expanding field. Professionals in this discipline develop medical products such as drugs and devices to improve healthcare, paying thought to important ethical and regulatory standards.
November 2, 2018
These influential healthcare business professors have been published in renowned scholarly journals and many of them have become heads of their departments, admired for their important research and professional experience.
October 26, 2018
A nursing home executive director, sometimes called a “nursing home administrator,” is responsible for maintaining all operations of a long-term care facility. This requires a delicate balance of business acumen and empathetic leadership.