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Executive Education

Health Care

Prescription-Strength Management Education

Through the coming decade, the health care industry will offer numerous advancement opportunities for those who are ready, willing and able to take on new challenges. Let the University of St. Thomas prepare you for your next role. You can get started right away.

Our challenging, relevant health care management programs will help you:

  • Gain fresh knowledge, insight and skills for a changing health care environment
  • Confidently lead positive changes in health care
  • Make wise, ethical business decisions on behalf of your organization
  • Improve performance and results
  • Get noticed – and rewarded

Executive Education Health Care Leadership

  • Physician Leadership College
  • UST Executive Conference on the Future of Health Care
    Become a part of this unique annual summit of health care leaders. Join executives who are leading their organizations in deliberate, innovative ways that yield new visions for the future of the industry.
  • UST Executive Education in Nurse Leadership (beginning 2010)
    Enhance your capacity in nursing to lead positive, impactful changes and become a prominent force behind your organization’s mission, vision, and brand.


Health Care and Medical Technology Management


Health Care UST MBA


   Health care is moving at a fast pace – is your organization ready to take the lead?

The Certificate in Advanced Health Care Management can help ensure that your health care system stays healthy and growing amid an ever-changing health care environment. Health care professionals tell us that the most frustrating, time-consuming, challenging, and neglected part of health care is the business side. The University of St. Thomas, in partnership with the Minnesota Medical Group Management Association, has developed this leading-edge educational program to help health care professionals find proactive solutions to the challenging issues they face.

Find out more about the Certificate in Advanced Health Care Management programs.

Physician Leadership College

If you are a physician leader interested in making an even greater impact in your healthcare organization, we invite you to learn more about the Physician Leadership College.

Participants and health care organization leaders describe the benefits of the Physician Leadership College. Dr. Patricia Huberty is a past participant of PLC.

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Did You Know?

  • Health care is the largest industry in the U.S.
  • National spending on health care is expected to grow annually by 6.7 percent until it reaches $4.3 trillion in 2017.
  • Health care is among the fastest-growing occupations.
  • Employment growth in health care ranges from 13 percent in hospitals to 55 percent in home health care services.

Health Affairs doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.w145
(Published www.healthaffairs.org. February 26, 2008)
Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov)

   
 

High Performance Health Care Blog

Keep up to date with the latest trends in health care leadership and management by reading High Performance Health Care.  This blog is authored by the faculty and staff of the St. Thomas health care programs.  In our weekly postings we identify significant new articles in the business literature, review key concepts being taught in St. Thomas programs, report on findings from faculty research projects and summarize the many events held here on campus.

This blog is written to be of use to  progressive health care leaders, clinicians, policymakers and academics.  Get the latest posting by subscribing - it's free and easy.  Find out how > 

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