Career: Quality & Patient Safety Manager
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Health Information Technology
What You’ll Learn As a Health Information Technology student, you’ll explore the role technology plays in managing and exchanging health information. You’ll develop an understanding of electronic health records and the systems healthcare organizations use to collect, maintain, retrieve, and communicate information. You’ll also examine the importance of accuracy, privacy, security, and appropriate use of…
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Health & Wellness Management
What You’ll Learn The Health & Wellness Management program gives you a broad understanding of the factors that influence health while developing the skills needed to turn that knowledge into effective wellness programs. You’ll explore concepts related to health promotion, disease prevention, physical activity, nutrition, healthy behaviors, and wellness across different populations. You’ll also examine…
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Public Health
What You’ll Learn The Public Health program combines scientific and social perspectives to help you understand what makes communities healthy—and what can be done when health challenges arise. You’ll examine topics related to health promotion and disease prevention while developing an understanding of the factors that influence health outcomes. Coursework will help you explore public…
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Health Science – Health Care Administration Option
What You’ll Learn The Health Care Administration option gives you a foundation in health science while developing the management and organizational skills needed to navigate today’s healthcare environment. You’ll explore how healthcare organizations operate and examine the administrative, financial, regulatory, and human-resource considerations that influence their success. Coursework will help you understand healthcare systems while…
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Health Science
What You’ll Learn The Health Science program combines scientific knowledge with an understanding of the people, organizations, and systems that influence health and healthcare. You’ll develop an understanding of human health and wellness while examining topics related to healthcare delivery, health promotion, disease prevention, research, and the broader factors that affect individual and community health.…
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Occupational Health & Safety Management
Program Details Workplace safety isn’t just about compliance. Effective safety professionals help organizations prevent injuries, reduce risk, protect resources, improve productivity, and create cultures where employees can thrive. In the Occupational Health & Safety Management program, you’ll learn how to recognize potential hazards and develop practical strategies to prevent and respond to workplace incidents. At…
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Health Care Management
Program Details Health care is an industry—but managing health care organizations requires skills that extend far beyond clinical knowledge. You’ll develop transferable capabilities in leadership, communication, budgeting, strategic thinking, problem-solving, and organizational management that can serve you throughout your career. Program Highlights Health Care + BusinessCombine industry-specific health care knowledge with essential business and management…
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Strategic Healthcare Management & Administration
Program Details Healthcare is one of the nation’s largest and most dynamic industries — and it needs professionals who can combine business expertise with an understanding of the unique challenges facing healthcare organizations. Athens State’s Strategic Healthcare Management & Administration program prepares you to think beyond individual departments and processes. You’ll develop the skills to…
