There are more than 330,000 family caregivers providing about 300 million hours of unpaid work — in Utah alone, according to data from the AARP. With numbers like that, it's increasingly likely that each of us will end up as an unpaid caregiver at some point. With that in mind Debra Scammon, of the Master of Healthcare Administration program, provided some tips on how [...]
The Master of Healthcare Administration program at the David Eccles School of Business has achieved reaccreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Becoming a CAHME-accredited graduate program is an exceptional achievement and showcases the sophistication and innovation of the MHA program at the Eccles School. To hold that honor again by being reaccredited is a testament to the constant [...]
The incredible value of furthering your education with a Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) is more accessible than ever with the launch of the Professional MHA program. The David Eccles School of Business is excited to bring the Professional MHA program to the table, as it provides more flexibility to its students working full-time jobs, allowing them to work and earn their degree [...]
Dr. Brent James, recently retired Chief Quality Officer and Executive Director of the Institute for Health Care Delivery at Intermountain Healthcare, has joined the faculty of the Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. Dr. James will teach courses in the MHA program as well as in the new Certificate in Quality Management [...]
Do children's hospitals really produce better outcomes for children? Joseph R. Horton certainly thinks so. Horton, an adjunct professor in the Eccles School's Master of Healthcare Administration program and former CEO of Primary Children's Hospital, has been featured as one of the experts in WalletHub's 2017 Best & Worst States for Health Care report. See what Horton had to say at WalletHub.
The David Eccles School of Business MHA Team took second place in the University of Alabama-Birmingham national case competition. As a team of three MHA students, on February 26, placed 2nd as the winners in the University of Alabama Healthcare case competition. A.J. Reall, Roger Phillips, and Austin Thornhill represented the MHA program, accompanied by observers Whitney Warner and Chase Wright. The UAB case competition is [...]
The Master of Healthcare Administration program at the David Eccles School of Business has obtained reaccreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). The CAHME accreditation process is a rigorous one, but it ensures students are receiving the best possible education. “We are thrilled that our MHA program has received reaccreditation,” said Eccles School Dean Taylor Randall. “The accreditation demonstrates the [...]
The David Eccles School of Business will welcome an infusion of out-of-state students into the Master of Healthcare Administration and Master of Science in Information Systems programs starting this fall. Both graduate programs were recently accepted into the Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), a higher education tuition-reciprocity agreement that allows students in 16 states and [...]