Program Highlights:
- 100% online, no campus visits required
- 20 total courses are required to complete your degree
- Graduate in about two years by transferring up to 60 credit hours from a regionally accredited institution
- Learn to optimize health care operations by seeing the big picture of health care delivery
- Earn a degree from GW and join a proud group of alumni residing both nationally and internationally
BSHS in Clinical Operations and Healthcare Management Program Overview
The George Washington University's (GW) online Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences (BSHS) in Clinical Operations and Healthcare Management teaches you what it takes to manage a clinically effective, cost-efficient health care delivery system to improve overall patient care and safety. This program has been designed to provide learners with the key skills and knowledge needed to manage clinical operations across the continuum of care. Healthcare operations is one of the fastest growing fields in the nation.
When you graduate from this program, you'll hold the skills and knowledge to:
- Communicate effectively to optimize interprofessional practice.
- Find solutions that influence strategic change.
- Adopt and adapt marketing concepts, plans, and activities to optimize operations.
- Apply human resources best practices to build strong teams.
- Understand health equity and how it fits into health care management and operations.
- Learn effective tools to help execute complex projects.
Who is the ideal student for this program?
Clinical operations and health care managers are committed to finding value-based solutions to complex problems that help deliver high-quality care to the patients and populations they serve. These professionals are realistic in their budgets and demands, listen and understand employees' needs, and have the infectious energy to lead teams through changes big and small.
The BSHS in Clinical Operations and Healthcare Management program provides current students and graduates the opportunity to gain significant foundational learning knowledge that is needed to achieve certification and or fellowship status for many healthcare management professional associations such as ACHE, HFMA, HIMSS MGMA, ACMPE, NAHQ, Six Sigma and Lean, Project Management, to name a few.