Master of Health Administration

Lead the Next Generation in the Business of Health

Program Structure

The Master of Health Administration (MHA) is a professional graduate degree that prepares the graduate for a career as a senior administrator of a health service organization. The MHA at Hudson College is Oklahoma's only program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Health Management Education.

Students will gain an understanding of the following competency areas

communication
executive leadership and ethical decision-making
critical thinking
quantitative analysis
patient outcome improvement
professionalism

Healthcare Strategic Planning and Marketing

This course covers elements of organizational strategy and their application to the health industry. You’ll dive into topics from leadership to components of strategic plans, such as development, implementation, and evaluation, in relation to organizational environments.

Financial Management of Health Service Organizations

You’ll learn the indicators of fiscal performance common to all health service organizations. This course covers the fundamentals of managing working capital, sources of funding, and capital rationing and concludes with a discussion of advanced methods of improving profitability.

Health Policy and Politics

This course enables you to examine how health policy in the U. S. is initiated, formulated and implemented. You’ll analyze political culture, interest group and party behavior, the legislative and executive processes, and the dynamics of federalism through a comparative, cross national and cross-state perspective.

100% Placement

Over the past four years, our students have had 100% career placement in leading health care organizations worldwide.

Why MHA at Hudson College

Hands-on Learning With Industry Leaders

MHA courses draw from faculty expertise in many disciplines – you’ll take health law courses taught by licensed attorneys, gain insight into health quality from nurses, and learn the ins and outs of running and operating health organizations from health administrators who run health systems inside and outside Oklahoma.

Connect With a Network of Professionals

As an MHA student, you’ll have countless opportunities to learn from and work with a robust community of health professionals, including yearly networking events, alumni mentorship, and guest lectures from local health care leaders.

Applied Real-World Curriculum

An advisory board of industry leaders shapes our curriculum to meet current workplace needs, from teaching aspiring health administrators how to work with physicians and other health professionals to integrating opportunities to earn micro-credentials through certifications and Six Sigma training to boost your resume.

Recent MHA Employers

Who Benefits from an MHA?

As an aspiring health care leader, you are deeply driven to make a tangible impact on patient care and organizational success. An MHA is an opportunity to enhance your potential to make a difference and propel your career forward, whether you’re a current hospital manager, frontline provider, or just starting your career.

Career Starters Early in career, some working experience, or right out of undergraduate programs

Career Changers Someone who wants to change their career by entering healthcare from another industry

Career Enhancers Interdisciplinary students/health care professionals who want to move into leadership roles and need the degree to do it

Explorers Passion for the intersection of business and healthcare

Real-World Experience

Internships

You’ll complete a 400-hour internship to gain insight into practices such as management, planning, policy analysis, and working with other health professionals in the real world. Internship sites include hospitals, multispecialty physician practices, long-term care facilities, university medical centers, and the Veterans Administration.

Case Competitions

Case competitions simulate the challenges health care management professionals face every day. Competing in regional and national competitions allows you to test your understanding, analytical thinking, problem-solving, and strategic planning through real-world scenarios and present your proposal and plan to health administrators before you face a panel of judges.

Capstone Course

The MHA capstone course allows you to work with real health administrators in a local health care system to create solutions to a critical issue they face, such as emergency room efficiency. You’ll work on these projects in student teams and present your work at the end of the course.

Featured Alumni

Hudson College graduates hold leadership positions in health departments, hospitals, and civic and corporate organizations across the United States and in more than 25 countries around the world.

Clay Franklin MHA President & CEO, Oklahoma Complete Health

Matthew Selander MHA/JD ‘18 Corporate Compliance and Privacy Officer and Senior Assistant, General Counsel, The Joint Commission

Casey Woods MHA’11 Chief Operating Officer and VP – Oncology Services, OU Medical Center

Kendal Pinkston MHA ‘06 Chief Administrative Officer, Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health

P. Cameron Mantor MD, MHA ‘11 Chief Medical Officer, OU Health

Faculty Spotlight

Learn from renowned scholars, researchers, and practitioners who offer insider perspectives and real-world insight. As you tackle today's most complex healthcare challenges, these highly accomplished industry leaders will be your teachers and mentors.

Dale W. Bratzler, D.O., MPH Dean; Chair & Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor Dr. Bratzler serves as the Chief Quality Officer for the three-hospital health system and faculty practice at OU Health and two terms as president of the American Health Quality Association. He was... Dr. Bratzler serves as the Chief Quality Officer for the three-hospital health system and faculty practice at OU Health and two terms as president of the American Health Quality Association. He was appointed to the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality from 2005-2008 and the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. He spent a year as a Senior Policy Advisor for the CDC. He’s participated in research on preventing surgical infections and on adult vaccination for over 20 years. He has published over 100 manuscripts in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Health Affairs. He has given more than 600 lectures nationally on health care quality topics, particularly on the prevention of surgical site infections and adult vaccination.

Junying (June) Zhao, Ph.D., Ph.D., MPH Assistant Professor Dr. Zhao is a health economic policy researcher addressing health technologies' legal and financial problems that affect firm innovation and consumer/patient welfare. Initially trained as a clinici... Dr. Zhao is a health economic policy researcher addressing health technologies' legal and financial problems that affect firm innovation and consumer/patient welfare. Initially trained as a clinician, she received subsequent health policy and economics training. She earned her Ph.D. in health policy with a concentration in economics from McMaster University, her Ph.D. in mathematical behavioral sciences from the University of California, and her MPH from Harvard. Her interests include improv/theatre, poetry, tennis, golf, spiritual travel, and philanthropy.

Edwin (Gerry) Ibay, J.D. Assistant Professor & Vice Chair Gerry Ibay has almost 20 years of healthcare experience in multiple roles, organization types, and geographies, including management at NewYork-Presbyterian and as a Vice President with Bon Secours... Gerry Ibay has almost 20 years of healthcare experience in multiple roles, organization types, and geographies, including management at NewYork-Presbyterian and as a Vice President with Bon Secours Health System. He also has experience in strategy, operations, development, and information systems. He teaches executive skills related to relationships and communication, professional development, and organizational theory and behavior and is passionate about teaching healthcare colleagues how to manage stress, identify their stories, and develop and nurture effective interprofessional relationships.

Halley Reeves, MPH, MCP Lecturer Halley Reeves is a community health strategist who served as the Oklahoma City County Health Department's Chief Public Health Strategist and Vice President for Community Health Impact for OU Health... Halley Reeves is a community health strategist who served as the Oklahoma City County Health Department's Chief Public Health Strategist and Vice President for Community Health Impact for OU Health. She also worked at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, and MIT, where she focused on incorporating the social determinants of health into health care policy and developing innovative investment strategies to fund healthy community and housing development. She holds an MPH from the University of Washington and a Master’s in City Planning (MCP) from MIT.

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