The new challenges created by healthcare reform to develop cost-effective, quality healthcare delivery systems and contribute to effective, responsive health policy initiatives require a substantial increase in new knowledge and leadership skill in today's healthcare executives. Successful long-term endeavors of healthcare organizations can be attributed in large part to highly skilled, strategic leadership. Leaders must begin to integrate this new knowledge in traditional subject areas with expanded knowledge and vision in community health and inter-organizational network relations. These challenges and the associated demand for advanced knowledge and leadership development clearly show the need for formal and relevant education beyond the master's degree level. The doctor of health administration (DHA) is designed to facilitate the development of highly advanced health care leaders who can influence the shaping of policy and more effectively address the health delivery demands of their organizations and the citizens they serve. This program meets the intellectual and career development needs of senior healthcare and health policy executives who are actively engaged as leaders in health services organizations, and is offered on an extended weekend basis so students can continue their professional work while completing their academic studies.
 | James S Zoller, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Division of Healthcare Leadership
zollerjs@musc.edu
(843) 792-3849 |
For more information, please contact:  | Melissa A. Freeland, MSM
Director of Student Services
College of Health Professions
151-B Rutledge Avenue, MSC 962
Charleston, SC 29425-9620
Phone: (843) 792-8510
Fax: (843) 792-3327
E-mail: freelan@musc.edu |
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