2011 Yale Healthcare Conference

The Yale Healthcare Conference is a joint effort between the Yale School of Management and the Health Professional Schools at Yale University that brings together professionals, academics, and students to engage in an instructive conversation concerning current healthcare issues. This will be the 7th consecutive year and they expect the conference to continue growing to over 450 participants.

April 1, 2011 - 9AM - 4:30PM / Omni New Haven Hotel At Yale

With the recent, historic passage of healthcare reform legislation, the U.S. healthcare system is experiencing its most significant transformation in the last 40 years. Restructuring of the healthcare system will have significant implications for how healthcare is delivered, financed and regulated. The conference offers a perfectly-timed opportunity to illuminate the changes that key stakeholders will face with reform, also expanding upon how excellence can be fostered in a modified system. Specifically, the conference will examine:

MBA & Graduate Programs for Careers in Health Care

There are a number of MBA and graduate programs that focus on the health care system. If you want to get involved in medical management or if you hope to influence health policy, then perhaps you'll want to invest in some more education to get an MBA, MPA, MHA, or MSHM. If you go through an online program, then you can receive your degree while you're still working.

Here are several graduate degree programs (and of course there are many others) that focus on health care:

Northeastern University (Online)
MBA - Healthcare Management

The Northeastern MBA program has been specifically designed and structured for working professionals. To accommodate your schedule, there are eight start dates available throughout the year, so you can get started almost immediately. Once enrolled in the program, most students spend from 15 to 20 hours a week studying. A specialization, made up of 5 courses, is available in Healthcare Management.

Champlain College (Online)
Master of Science in Healthcare Management

Champlain College's online Master of Science in Healthcare Management (MSHM) is a comprehensive program designed to prepare students for leadership positions in contemporary healthcare organizations. Theprogram focuses on the critical areas of management from the strategic, tactical, and operational perspectives. Champlain's MSHM is one of the few programs that melds content in business, management, healthcare, and information technology to focus on the non-technical aspects of managing healthcare.

Harvard MS Degree in Health Care Management

The Harvard School of Public Health offers a part-time master of science degree in health care management: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/mhcm/

MS Degree in Health Care Management	Two Year Program Three Weeks per Summer Five Four-Day Weekends per Year
Part-time Master of Science Degree Program for Physician and Dentist Executives of Health Care Organizations.

Most (or maybe all) of the faculty are from the Department of Health Policy and Management. I sure miss Boston. Those were some of the best days for me. I would go back to Boston in a heartbeat.