The Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA)
Program Vision
Trevecca's MHA program will be a premier provider of an accessible, Christian-based healthcare management curriculum that prepares students nationwide for career entry or advancement in diverse healthcare settings.
Program Mission
As a Christian University, our mission is to provide holistic, immersive, diverse, and collaborative learning experiences to prepare our students for early to mid-careerist leadership roles. Trevecca's MHA program will equip its students with leadership management competencies in healthcare administration throughout Tennessee, the Southeast United States, and beyond.
Program Values
● Authenticity
● Excellence
● Innovation
● Integrity
● Leadership
●Stewardship
General Description
Trevecca's Master of Healthcare Administration is a non-traditional graduate program in the Skinner School of Business. The program offers 36 credit hours of programming, all of which are provided online, including nine three-credit-hour core courses. In addition, students can select one of nine (9) specialized tracks: Data Analytics, Project Management, Human Resources, Non-Profit Leadership and Management, Interdisciplinary Studies, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Management and Leadership, Public Administration, or Health Care Administration. The 18-month program is tailored towards existing healthcare leaders from lower to middle and executive management positions. Workers within a healthcare setting seeking to advance their careers will develop core competencies that are discipline-specific within the multifaceted healthcare industry.
Recognizing the professional experience of adult students, two formats of the capstone project course are offered. Students with less than three years of healthcare leadership experience complete
HCL 6240 Health Industry Field Experience. This capstone field experience course consists of 12 weeks and 120 hours of onsite training at an approved healthcare facility and under the oversight of an assigned preceptor. This field project enables students to collaborate with employees and staff influenced by an identified problem. The project must allow the student to become immersed in daily operations, conduct root cause analysis, observe internal/external processes, review specific policies, attend leadership meetings, and draw inferences from meaningful data analysis. An exception to taking the field experience requires the program director's approval and is done on a case-by-case basis.
Alternative to the field experience, students with three or more years of healthcare leadership experience can enroll in the project-based capstone course Addressing Real-Time Healthcare Challenges. The project for this course requires students to interview a healthcare leader about an internal issue within their organization. In collaboration with their healthcare leader, students develop a problem statement, identify metrics and innovative strategies to address the problem, and evaluate the influence of servant leadership and other leadership styles to resolve the issue. The project concludes with a presentation of results and a detailed reflection on the entire process.
The MHA program adopted the National Council of Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) Competency Model 3.0 and its seven domains and 28 competencies. The program's curriculum aligns these competencies and domains with specific student learning and program learning outcomes that are assessed annually.
NOTE: During the last semester of the program, students with less than three years of healthcare industry experience must take HCL 6240-Health Care Industry Field Experience. Students with three or more years of healthcare industry experience can choose HCL 6205-Capstone Project: Addressing Real-Time Health Care Challenges or HCL 6240-Health Care Industry Field Experience. Students requiring field experience should notify their advisors during the first semester of the program and contact the program director for further details.
MHA Program Goals:
Trevecca's Master of Healthcare Administration program will:
● Prepare graduates for leadership and service in healthcare administration;
● Prepare graduates to become independent researchers and problem-solvers;
● Prepare aspiring healthcare leaders to establish a service-oriented culture within the workplace;
● Prepare graduates for career entry or advancement in the competitive workforce of healthcare administration; and
● Increase students' knowledge of healthcare management competencies and apply that knowledge in diverse healthcare settings.
Other program goals include:
● Increase and/or maintain annual enrollment; and
● Increase each cohort's retention rate to 75%.
MHA Program Objectives and Outcomes:
Graduates of Trevecca's Master of Healthcare Administration program will adhere to the following objectives:
● All students will score 80% or greater on the post-program assessment exam;
● All students will apply the scientific method and score 85% or higher on the Capstone Final Project in HCL6205 or HCL6240;
● At least 80% of students will score an average or greater rating on the Healthcare Leadership Correspondent Interview final project;
● At least 80% of graduates will obtain or maintain an entry-level position as a healthcare administrator and
● All students will demonstrate an 80% or higher score on the HCL6115 Final Project and the average exam score.
Additionally, Trevecca's Master of Healthcare Administration Program will:
● Increase enrollment by 3% or more each academic year in 2024, 2025, and 2026; and
● Maintain a 75% or higher retention rate per cohort.
MHA Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the MHA program will be able to:
- Using strategic planning, apply leadership principles and theories specific to healthcare organizations, emphasizing servant leadership.
- Evaluate innovative strategies healthcare leaders might implement to promote a patient-centered culture, influence organizational behavior, and sustain lucrative healthcare entities' operations.
- Assess the purpose and use of innovative technology used in healthcare organizations to promote information privacy and security management
- Critique the efficacy of healthcare and health delivery among stakeholders of the U.S. health delivery system
- Analyze and interpret financial data, statements, and reporting utilized in healthcare organizations
- Develop and measure specific metrics to determine operational efficacy and performance outcomes in healthcare organizations
- Analyze current health policy and legislation of the U.S. health delivery system
- Create innovative pathways to meet value-based standards of care and promote viable operations.
- Assess social determinants of health and their influence on population management
- Determine best practices of managing people while promoting optimal performance among employees in healthcare organizations
- Synthesize Christian values and innovation to promote excellence in leadership and service for various healthcare environments.
MHA Admission Policies and Procedures
MHA Admission Requirements
Tuition and Fees
Conditional Admission
MHA Program Curriculum
MHA Core - 36 hours
| HCL 5110 | Organizational Behavior and Change in Health Care | 3 |
| HCL 5140 | Principles of Health Care Leadership and Strategy | 3 |
| HCL 6115 | Value-Based Financial Management and Budgeting | 3 |
| HCL 6130 | Health Reform and Alternative Healthcare Delivery Solutions | 3 |
| HCL 6160 | Health Information Informatics and Security | 3 |
| HCL 6170 | Human Resource Management in Healthcare | 3 |
| HCL 6180 | Health Economics | 3 |
| HCL 6190 | Healthcare Operations and Key Performance Indicators | 3 |
| ITI 5700 | IT Strategy in Business | 3 |
| MKT 5093 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| HCL 6250 | Statistics for Healthcare Management | 3 |
| HCL 6205 | Capstone Project: Health Challenges | 3 |
| OR | |
| HCL 6240 | Health Care Industry Field Experience | 3 |
Optional Practicum Track
| HCL 6230 | Health Industry Practicum Continuation | 0 |
Total Credit Hours: 36