MHA FlexPath Core Courses

1. MHA-FPX5000: Leading Healthcare Organizations

  • Description: This course focuses on leadership theories and practices relevant to managing healthcare organizations. Students explore leadership models, organizational structures, and strategies for building effective teams in healthcare settings.

  • Key Competencies: Leadership, team management, organizational change.

2. MHA-FPX5002: Healthcare Systems and Organizational Management

  • Description: This course examines the components of healthcare systems, healthcare financing, and the challenges facing modern healthcare organizations. Students learn about operational efficiencies, resource management, and healthcare system structures.

  • Key Competencies: Organizational analysis, healthcare system structure, resource management.

3. MHA-FPX5004: Healthcare Policy and Advocacy

  • Description: In this course, students explore healthcare policy development, its impact on healthcare organizations, and the role of advocacy in shaping healthcare laws. Emphasis is placed on policy analysis and advocacy strategies for healthcare leaders.

  • Key Competencies: Policy development, health advocacy, regulatory compliance.

4. MHA-FPX5006: Healthcare Law and Ethics

  • Description: This course focuses on the legal and ethical issues facing healthcare administrators. Topics include healthcare regulations, patient rights, risk management, and ethical decision-making in healthcare.

  • Key Competencies: Legal and ethical standards, risk management, patient rights.

5. MHA-FPX5008: Healthcare Economics and Financial Management

  • Description: This course provides an overview of financial principles in healthcare, including budgeting, financial analysis, cost management, and reimbursement models. Students learn how to use financial data to make informed decisions.

  • Key Competencies: Budgeting, financial analysis, economic decision-making.

6. MHA-FPX5010: Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety

  • Description: Students in this course learn about quality improvement methods, patient safety initiatives, and the role of healthcare administrators in ensuring high-quality care. Emphasis is placed on data analysis and evidence-based practices.

  • Key Competencies: Quality improvement, patient safety, evidence-based decision-making.

7. MHA-FPX5012: Health Information Systems

  • Description: This course covers the role of health information systems in healthcare administration. Topics include electronic health records (EHR), data management, privacy concerns, and the use of technology to improve healthcare outcomes.

  • Key Competencies: Health IT, data management, system integration.

8. MHA-FPX5014: Strategic Planning in Healthcare

  • Description: Focuses on developing strategic plans for healthcare organizations. Students learn how to use market research, SWOT analysis, and forecasting tools to develop long-term strategies for organizational growth and patient care improvement.

  • Key Competencies: Strategic planning, SWOT analysis, market research.

9. MHA-FPX5016: Healthcare Leadership Capstone Project

  • Description: This final course is a capstone project that allows students to apply what they’ve learned throughout the program in a real-world healthcare administration scenario. The capstone includes designing a project that addresses an identified challenge or issue within a healthcare organization, proposing evidence-based solutions.

  • Key Competencies: Applied healthcare management, project development, leadership.

MHA FlexPath Elective Courses

Capella offers flexibility with elective courses, allowing students to tailor their learning to specific areas of interest. These electives allow students to gain deeper knowledge in topics that complement their leadership role in healthcare.

1. MHA-FPX5020: Managing Healthcare Operations

  • Description: Students learn how to manage operations within a healthcare setting, including staffing, resource allocation, and workflow optimization. The course focuses on operational efficiency and effective management strategies.

  • Key Competencies: Operations management, resource allocation, staffing.

2. MHA-FPX5022: Healthcare Marketing

  • Description: This course examines marketing principles and strategies specific to the healthcare industry. Students learn about branding, patient engagement, and marketing strategies for healthcare organizations.

  • Key Competencies: Marketing strategy, patient engagement, branding.

3. MHA-FPX5024: Healthcare Financial Analysis

  • Description: Focuses on advanced financial analysis techniques, including financial modeling, profitability analysis, and cost-effectiveness assessments specific to healthcare settings.

  • Key Competencies: Financial modeling, profitability analysis, cost assessment.

MHA FlexPath Capstone Course

1. MHA-FPX5026: Health Administration Capstone

  • Description: This is the final project where students synthesize the knowledge gained throughout the program. The capstone requires students to apply evidence-based practices to a real healthcare problem. Students must create a comprehensive proposal or plan for improvement, taking into account ethical, legal, financial, and operational considerations.

  • Key Competencies: Project implementation, problem-solving, leadership in healthcare.

? Key Features of FlexPath

  • Self-Paced Learning: In FlexPath, students set their own pace, completing coursework as quickly as they can demonstrate mastery of the material.

  • Competency-Based: Students progress based on demonstrating their knowledge and skills rather than adhering to a traditional semester-based timeline.

  • Real-World Application: The curriculum is designed to be applicable immediately in the workplace, helping students implement what they’ve learned in their current roles