Executive Master of Healthcare Administration

EXECUTIVE MASTER OF HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION

Two-Year Track

Executives and clinicians partner in an educational program

that combines management, strategic planning, and population health concepts with case-based and applied approaches to major health system issues.

The program emphasizes perspectives of multiple stakeholders by utilizing their experiences as clinical and administrative executives. This value‐based perspective is essential to effectively managing a healthcare organization in an increasingly complex environment.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO | SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | HEALTH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

PROGRAMOVERVIEW

Healthcare is a multifaceted industry facing significant challenges and the need to transform itself. Those who wish to lead in this changing environment must acquire broad knowledge and develop skills applied to the industry’s unique characteristics in order to pursue the quadruple aim of enhanced quality, reduced cost, improved population health, and clinician engagement.

The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Executive Master of Healthcare Administration (EMHA) program brings together experienced clinicians and mid-level administrators in an interprofessional, cohort, team-based, educational model. Students will emerge from the program ready to assume the executive responsibilities of leading tomorrow’s healthcare organizations.

ACAHMEACCREDITED EXECUTIVEMHAPROGRAM

The UIC EMHA program is the only executive program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Health Management Education (CAHME) in the Chicago area. Beyond MBA programs that provide an understanding of business disciplines in the for-profit sector, the UIC EMHA program emphasizes how this knowledge is explicitly applied in the healthcare setting to improve patient care management and delivery

DESIGNEDFORTHEFUTURE LEADERSINHEALTHCARE

The UIC EMHA program is designed for both clinicians and executives who work in the healthcare sector including healthcare systems, governmental agencies, consulting companies, and health insurance. These professionals are looking for the opportunity to move into progressively responsible leadership roles and are seeking the management acumen to attain their career aspirations.

EMHA Program Alumnus

Perspective

"In real-time, I can apply the teachings of the curriculum to my current work For example, I gained new perspectives on the importance of identifying departmental needs and continuous quality improvement. Also, the multidisciplinary nature of the cohort has broadened my horizons. Being that the cohort is highly collaborative, intensely conversational and a healthy mix of nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and PhD administrators, I better understand the challenges that face each profession. For me, this knowledge is powerful as I work towards becoming a healthcare executive who must consider the well-being of all "

Director of Integrated Pharmacy, Northwestern Medicine

Anthony Tardi, PharmD, MHA, BCACP, BCGP

New students begin in the Fall semester and the program utilizes a cohort educational model. The blend of clinician and executive leaders within the cohort allows our students to engage in inter-professional learning and gain the perspective of how different professions view healthcare issues in our society and how best to develop collaborative solutions.

The two years, 48 credit hour program is a hybrid learning model with fourweekend sessions and synchronous online classes during each of the four semesters.

CAPSTONE

The capstone process creates a structured framework for students to produce a professional analysis of a significant organizational challenge or opportunity facing the student's healthcare organization.

This comprehensive analysis assesses both challenges and opportunities for the healthcare organization and optimally leads to conclusive decisions on a major programmatic, operational, financial, or policy initiative developed by the student.

SELECT CAPSTONES

COVID-19 Response: from Disruptive Impact to Transformative Opportunity

Integrating Mental and Physical Health in the Primary Care Setting

University of Illinois at Chicago O'Hare Clinic Revised Operating Plan

Stroger Hospital SNF Feasibility

Northwestern Cardiac Patient Infusion Center Feasibility

Community Hospital Robotic Surgery Feasibility Study/Business Model

A COHORT MODEL

The cohort model allows students to progress through their coursework with a single group of colleagues, allowing them to take full advantage of the prior experience of their peers and increase the value of interaction, both during the program and in their career paths following graduation.

SELECT ALUMNI

EileenBoyle,SeniorDirector,TalentAcquisition Ann&RobertH.LurieChildren'sHospitalof Chicago

Dr.EdmundoCortez,Chief,DivisionofPediatric CriticalCareMedicine UIHealth

NeelimaGaikwadPatel,Owner&Occupational Therapist APlaceatHomeSeniorCare

StephanieGrinage,VicePresident,Individual Giving TGen

MyriamGuillen,DirectorofClientSuccess Pieces

MaryJohnson,DirectorofStrategicPhilanthropy HeartlandAlliance

FrankMueller,ManagementConsultant IPMIntegratedProjectManagementCompany

Dr.ChanannaitPaisansathan,Chair Anesthesiology&ChiefofAnesthesiaService AdvocateILMasonicMedicalCenter

ColleenRoach,NurseCaseManager UChicagoMedicine

Dr.MarkRosenblatt,ExecutiveDean&Program Director,MedicalScientistTrainingProgram UIHealth

Dr.ClarkStanford,Dean&Professor UniversityofIowaCollegeofDentistry

AnthonyTardi,DirectorofIntegratedPharmacy NorthwesternMedicine

Dr.ThasaratVajaranant,Professorof Ophthalmology&ViceChairforStrategic Initiatives UIHealth

AmandaVlcek,PracticeManager NorthwesternMedicine

TAUGHT BY RENOWNED ACADEMIC AND PRACTITIONER FACULTY

The course curriculum is built upon a base that provides an understanding of the essential healthcare services and includes coursework in leadership, financial management, population health, physician relations, and strategic planning. Courses are taught by both our academic and practitioner faculty that emphasize theory and its application in the healthcare setting.

Adam Andersen, DPT, MBA Health Quality; Patient Safety

Frank Borgers, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor Human Resources; Inter-professional Education

Pierre Léger, PhD, Associate Professor Health Economics; Healthcare Finance

Michele McCay, DRPH, MPH Public Health; Ethics; Health Disparities

Emily Stiehl, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor Organizational Behavior; Leadership; Strategic Management

Nick Tilipman, PhD, Assistant Professor Health Economics; Quantitative Methods

Camille Baxter, MA

Chief Business Development Officer

Insight Medical Genetics

Catherine Carow, MBA Principal Carow Consulting

Therese Fitzpatrick, PhD, RN Senior Vice President Kaufman Hall

David Kanzler, MBA CEO

Hinsdale Orthopedics

Joan Lebow, JD Partner and Chair

HealthcareRegulatoryandTechnologyPracticeGroup

PROGRAM DELIVERY

4 semester, 48 credit-hour curriculum.

Four in-person weekend sessions per semester.

Synchronous online classes during each semester.

Weekly opportunities for independent learning that fits your schedule.

COURSE OFFERINGS

HPA 403 The United States Healthcare System

HPA 410 Healthcare Organizational Leadership

HPA 417 Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety

HPA 419 Public Health Foundations

HPA 425 Healthcare Human Resource Management

HPA 434 Healthcare Law and Ethics

HPA 440 Healthcare Data Analytics

HPA 451 Healthcare Finance I

HPA 461 Information Technology for Healthcare Managers

HPA 463 Managerial Health Economics

HPA 470 Quantitative Methods for Healthcare Managers

HPA 505 Strategic Management and Marketing

HPA 509 Physician Relations: Practice and Leadership

HPA 525 Population Based Healthcare Services Planning

HPA 546 EMHA Capstone

HPA 552 Healthcare Finance II

MHA Program Director

Adam Andersen, DPT, MBA aander8@uic.edu

EMHA Associate Program Director

Frank Borgers, PhD fborgers@uic.edu