 Program Description Dynamic and challenging are two words that best describe the health care industry today. Concerns about increasing financial pressures stemming from the steadily rising costs of technology and pharmaceuticals and decreasing revenues due to rapid growth in managed care and shrinking public budgets are on the minds of every health care administrator. Changes in service delivery, mergers, new alliances, and the shift in focus to population-based approaches to improving health are just a few of the transitions occurring each day in health care. The health services administrator who can meet the challenge of being a leader in this environment must possess unique administrative skills. The Health Services Administration (HSA) Program at the University of Utah is designed to equip students with such skills. Health Services Administration (HSA) is an interdepartmental masters level program coordinated through the Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Governor Scott M. Matheson Center for Health Care Studies. It prepares students for administrative positions in policy and planning in both the public and private sectors. Students in the HSA Program must be matriculated in one of the 10 participating masters degree programs, and concurrently pursue requirements of that degree program and the interdisciplinary HSA curriculum. Through this broad approach, students have access to instruction by more than 35 faculty in a number of specialty fields. Upon successful completion of both sets of requirements, the student is awarded a diploma which indicates that the masters degree has been obtained in a particular discipline, as well as masters level training in the field of health services administration. For example, a master of business administration student’s diploma and transcript read “Master of Business Administration/Health Services Administration.” The dual credentials provide graduates with the breadth as well as depth needed for management roles in health services administration in today’s changing health care environment. The interdepartmental structure of the HSA Program at the University of Utah was conceived as an innovative way to train students in health services administration by drawing upon diverse courses and faculty at the University rather than creating an entirely new department. In this form, the Program was approved by University officials and the State Board of Regents in 1984. |
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Matheson Center For Health Care Studies
175 North Medical Drive East
Salt Lake City, UT 84132-5901 (801) 581-5619
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