MHI, Healthcare Innovation

The MHI program serves the needs of working professionals with a hybrid format of online instruction and face-to-face support.

Why a Master's Degree in Healthcare Innovation at Brandman?

It is widely recognized that innovation is essential to significant change in our healthcare system. There is a need to foster compelling new ideas to deliver better health and improved care at lower costs, particularly to those with the greatest health care needs.

Our approach to preparing students for this changing system is to offer a degree program with a modern, pioneering curriculum designed to develop the skills and competencies for both managing and creating change.

Cohorts

Students will be admitted twice a year: Fall 1 and Spring 1. Each entering group will be a cohort that takes classes together throughout the program.

Immersions

Two times during two years of coursework all MHI students will meet at Brandman's Irvine, CA campus for extensive relationship-building with faculty and students program-wide, capstone project seminars, and in-depth engagement in learning.

Emphasis Areas

Understanding health administration and effective health communication are components of innovation. Students can tailor a program that reflects where they are in their career and where they want to go. They can choose individualized electives from various disciplines within Brandman. Or, instead of individualized electives, MHI students may complete a three-course emphasis in the following areas:

  • Health Administration
  • Health Communication

Healthcare Innovation Project

To integrate theories of healthcare innovation with the application of this knowledge, each student will design, implement, and assess an independent innovation project that makes a significant contribution to the field of healthcare innovation.

Who is this program for?

The MHI degree is appropriate for individuals who are working in the healthcare industry or health-related fields and for those who are considering career changes. While the emphasis of the program is on developing leaders who can understand and manage innovation in a variety of healthcare settings, graduates may also secure positions in related areas such as consulting, digital and print publishing, product development, education, and government.

Admission to the program may be achieved by completing the following requirements:

  • Satisfactorily fulfill graduate admission requirements for Brandman University.
  • If the student uses Option Two of the Brandman graduate admission requirements, submit passing scores from one of the following standard admission tests:
  • Graduate Record Examination (GRE): Achieve the required minimum scores on two out of three of the subsections of the GRE or score at or above the 60th percentile on any one of the Graduate Subject Tests. Minimum score for quantitative or verbal sections is 450. Minimum score for analytic writing is 4.5.
  • Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT): fulfill the formula GMAT + (GPA x 200) > 1000
  • Miller Analogies Test (MAT): achieve a minimum scaled score of 400
  • Students choosing to apply for admission under Option Four will submit a portfolio of evidence that shows adequate preparation for graduate study in lieu of scores on the GRE, GMAT, or MAT.
  • Complete a School of Nursing & Health Professions application package including references and self evaluation.

How to Apply

  • Complete and submit an Application for Graduate Admission.
  • Submit a $50 application fee. Apply online and we'll waive the $50 application fee!
  • Provide official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended. Only credit from regionally accredited institutions will be accepted for transfers. International applicants or domestic applicants with transcripts from international institutions must also submit foreign transcripts.

PLEASE DO NOT FAX TRANSCRIPTS.

Please mail all official transcripts to the following address:

Brandman University Office of Admission
16355 Laguna Canyon Road
Irvine, CA 92618

With the exception of transcripts, you may also fax additional required documents directly to the Office of Admission at (866) 659-1143 or e-mail the documents as attachments to apply@brandman.edu.

  • Submit a current and detailed resume or curriculum vita.
  • Complete the Self Evaluation and Goal Statement.

Submit three Reference Forms from any of the following:

  • Your most recent employer/supervisor
  • A professor who can assess your performance and judgement in the area in which you wish to study (only if you've graduated from a nursing program within the last five years)
  • A professional person (not a relative) who is well acquainted with your professional work and academic achievement.

2012-13 catalog

MHI Fall Entry

Year 1

Term

Credit Hours

Course Number &Title

Immersion

Fall 1

3

MHI 600Concepts and Principles of Healthcare Innovation

Immersion #1

Fall 2

3

MHI 610The Business Case for Healthcare Innovation

 

Spring 1

3

Elective

 

Spring 2

3

MHI 620Population Health: Metrics and Payment Models

 

Summer 1

3

MHI 660Health Policy and Regulation

 

Summer 2

3

HAUU 602 /DNPU 702 Innovations in Technology and Information Access