Masters of Health Administration - MHA

Dental graduates often get confused about choosing between Masters of Health Administration (M.H.A.) and Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A) with Healthcare.

You can read more about M.B.A. in Healthcare in the previous post –

https://www.thedentalbooth.com/post/healthcare-management-m-b-a-in-healthcare

A Master of Health Administration offers a curriculum that revolves around business as it relates to the healthcare industry. If you are contemplating a career as a healthcare administrator, a health insurance administrator, a managed care analyst, or a healthcare consultant, an M.H.A. will give you the tools to succeed in these specialized roles. It includes a wide range of responsibilities that provides for managing finances, scheduling direct care providers, hiring and employee management, health information management.

The M.H.A. program curriculum includes human resources, health care delivery, finance, ethics, health policies, and business management. M.H.A. students become versed in health care scheduling, budgets, and laws. The course focuses on:

The opportunities that a Masters of Health Administration provide will be in some of the following settings:

Some of the colleges and universities providing Masters of Health Administration program in India are:

Tata Institute of Social Sciences - https://admissions.tiss.edu/view/10/admissions/ma-admissions/master-of-hospital-administration-mha/

Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences - http://www.msruas.ac.in/academics/life_sciences

St John’s Medical College - https://www.stjohns.in/ahs/COURSES

Father Muller Medical College - http://fathermuller.edu.in/medical-college/allied-courses.php

K.L.E. University - https://kledeemeduniversity.edu.in/allied-courses/#1562051970622-39e58ce2-f0ea

Manipal University - https://manipal.edu/doph/program-list/mha-master-of-hospital-administration.html

Indian Institute of Public Health - https://iiphg.edu.in/master-of-hospital-administration/

Yenepoya University - https://www.yenepoya.edu.in/admission/offered-courses#emha

King George Medical University - http://kgmu.edu.in/mha2018/

Christian Medical College - https://admissions.cmcvellore.ac.in/process.aspx

For more colleges, please visit - http://entrance-exam.net/colleges-offering-master-in-hospital-administrationmha/

There are various options for pursuing a Ph.D. in the Healthcare Administration sector, as well.

If you wish to pursue M.H.A. abroad, there are specific masters programs provided in different countries. Countries like Canada also offer postgraduate diplomas for Healthcare Administration.