Clinical Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
1 Learning Experience
Healthcare Leadership, Operations, and Finance Fundamentals
3-Course Series
34 hours
11 hours per course (approx.)
About Healthcare Leadership, Operations, and Finance Fundamentals
In this Specialization, build practical skills in healthcare management, finance, and leadership. Learn how healthcare organizations are structured, how leaders improve quality and teamwork, and how financial decisions shape strategy and operations.
You’ll examine clinical leadership, human resources, electronic health records, privacy, facilities planning, fundraising, community partnerships, marketing, and financial management. You’ll also explore healthcare pricing, bargaining, government policy, investment valuation, pharmaceutical R&D costs, and mergers and acquisitions. Leadership modules strengthen communication, self-assessment, advocacy, executive presence, and change leadership.
This Specialization is designed for learners who want a broader understanding of how healthcare organizations operate and make decisions. A professional or academic healthcare background is recommended.
Applied Learning Project
Across the Specialization, you’ll apply concepts through case studies, calculations, assessments, and an immersive extended-reality leadership simulation. In healthcare management activities, you’ll examine organizational structures, quality improvement, performance measurement, human resources, electronic health records, privacy, facilities planning, fundraising, partnerships, marketing, and finance. In finance work, you’ll analyze pricing and bargaining, calculate present and future values, use net present value and internal rate of return, estimate pharmaceutical R&D costs, and value mergers and acquisitions with discounted cash flow methods. In the leadership simulation, you’ll make decisions to guide a team of mountain climbers toward a summit, then reflect on communication, teamwork, leadership style, and outcomes. You’ll also apply policy, advocacy, ethics, and spheres-of-influence frameworks to healthcare change scenarios.
Skills You'll Gain
- Practice Management
- Leadership
- Communication Strategies
- Financial Analysis
- Management
- Strategic Planning
- Change Management
- Leadership Psychology
- Healthcare Strategy
- Healthcare Quality Management
- Stock Valuation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Decision Making
- Market Value
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3 Courses in this series
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Free U-M Access CourseIntroduction to Healthcare Management
Learn key skills for managing healthcare organizations, including leadership, quality improvement, communication, and community engagement.
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Free U-M Access CourseIntroduction to Healthcare Finance
Explore finance tools and valuation concepts used in pricing, investment, and strategy decisions in healthcare organizations.
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Free U-M Access CourseHealthcare Leadership Principles
Develop leadership, communication, and teamwork skills for healthcare environments through real-world applications and immersive simulation exercises.
