Healthcare - Doctorate Degree Programs - Online Degrees

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Program

Degree

Name of College, University

School's Profile

Doctor of Audiology

Healthcare

University of Florida

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Description

The Distance Learning Au.D. Degree is a highly interactive program designed to provide working professional audiologists with the complex and diverse skills necessary to meet the challenges of the dynamic helath care marketplace. The Program combines the professional experience of the College of Health Professions with the academic excellence of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to provide an opportunity for working professionals to enhance their clinical skills and knowledge.

Doctor of Health Administration

Healthcare

University of Phoenix

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Description

The Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) program prepares leaders to effectively respond to the dynamic and ever-changing health care industry. The curriculum is tailored to the needs of the post-master’s degree health care leader by providing content in finance, policy, research, technology, quality improvement, economics, leadership, and organizational analysis. Students will be able to apply course work to there area of concentration such as public health, long-term care, acute care, and insurance. Graduates are able to analyze the influence of external and internal environments for alignment of organizations in response to the ever-changing demands of the health care market place.

Ph.D. in Health Services - Community Health

Healthcare

Walden University

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Description

The Community Health specialization prepares professionals to plan and deliver preventive health services to communities and individuals, including underserved communities and populations with special needs. Graduates of this specialization are prepared to conduct and evaluate services that improve the delivery of programs to reduce individual risk factors for disease. Graduates are also prepared to promote the health of communities, including programs in settings such as clinics, schools and work sites through assessment, policy and assurance.

Ph.D. in Health Services - General Program

Healthcare

Walden University

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Description

An increased emphasis on cost-containment. A shortage of health professionals. Populations without access to medical care or preventive services. Emergence of new diseases, and reemergence of infectious diseases. Personal behavioral health risk factors. Policies that promote socioeconomic conditions that are unhealthful. The integration of complementary and alternative health into Western scientific medical practice. These are just a few of the challenges in Health Services and medical care in the United States.

The Ph.D. in Health Services program prepares you to serve at the forefront of the design and delivery of cutting-edge health services in the private and public sectors. Health services students examine both the theoretical foundations of knowledge and the practical application of theory to real-world problems. This dual approach encourages students to develop themselves as scholar-practitioners ready to meet the challenges in contemporary health care.

The General Program offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of health services. You'll study health services from a general social and behavioral sciences perspective, making it an appropriate program for a broad range of health services professionals.

Ph.D. in Health Services - Health Administration

Healthcare

Walden University

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Description

This specialization prepares professionals to administer health and medical care services within the “integrated delivery systems” model. This specialization also prepares professionals to become administrators of health profession programs (e.g. nursing, public health and allied health) in higher education institutions. The focus is on the functional areas of health services such as:

- Human, financial and information resources
- Management of the stages in the continuum of care
- The administration of services in a specific type of institution or industry

Graduates are prepared to provide administrative leadership and to conduct research to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the services they administer.

- The functional management concentration includes the following categories:
- Clinical Resources Management
- Facilities Management
- Financial Management
- Human Resources Management
- Information Management/Health Information
- Marketing Management
- Operations Management
- Public Policy Management

The “continuum of care” approach involves focusing on the administration of services and organizations associated with one of the following levels of care:

- Preventive Care
- Intake/Screening
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Restorative Care
- Continuing Care
- Evidence-based Public Health

The institutional/industry-specific approach calls for concentrating on the administration of one of the following organizational types:

- Alternative Delivery Systems
- Consulting Firms
- Consumer Health Advocacy
- Foundations
- Higher Education
- Insurance Providers
- Industry Suppliers
- International Health Agencies
- Managed Care Organizations
- Military/Veterans Health Facilities
- Professional Associations
- Public Health Departments

Ph.D. in Health Services - Health and Human Behavior

Healthcare

Walden University

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Description

The Health and Human Behavior specialization focuses on how individuals, groups within organizations and populations act and react within the context of individual and community well being and illness. This specialization includes complementary healthcare, public health policy, ethics, and gerontology.The Health and Human Behavior specialization focuses on how individuals, groups within organizations and populations act and react within the context of individual and community well being and illness. This specialization includes complementary healthcare, public health policy, ethics, and gerontology.

Ph.D. in Health Services - Health Promotion & Education

Healthcare

Walden University

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Description

The Health Promotion and Education Specialization serves students interested in providing leadership in health promotion and education in settings such as:

- Communities
- Schools
- Work sites
- Clinics
- Government agencies
- Not-for-profit organizations

The specialization prepares students to provide leadership in the planning and administration of health promotion and education programs, and leadership in conducting evaluative research on the effectiveness of those programs. The specialization combines KAM-based learning and electronically delivered, course-based learning in the foundational social and behavioral sciences, and electronically delivered, course-based learning in the advanced specialization courses. Both approaches together provide a comprehensive range of health promotion competencies.

Ph.D. in Health Services - Self-Designed

Healthcare

Walden University

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Description

A self-designed specialization offers maximum flexibility to meet your unique learning goals related to your current experience (professional, academic or volunteer). For example, a college nursing program faculty member could pursue a nursing-related specialty. Dentists, pharmacists, physical therapists and other health professionals could study the social behavioral aspects of their field. Or a researcher could focus on the relationship between behavior and biomedical factors. Because the self-designed specialization is developed in consultation with program faculty and approved by the program director, you can be assured of the same high quality learning experience offered in Walden's pre-established specializations.

Ph.D. in Public Health - Community Health

Healthcare

Walden University

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Description

The Ph.D. in Public Health program focuses on seeking solutions to significant public health problems and applying and integrating new knowledge into public health research and practice settings. The curriculum is focused on community health, including medical, social, political, ethical and economic factors that contribute to an overall well-being of a public health system and to the community it serves. The program emphasizes the development and demonstration of strong research skills--skills that will help students pursue professional careers in academia or service to public and private governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Specialization in Health Care Administration

Healthcare

Capella University

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Description

The PhD program emphasizes critical analysis of theory, research, and practice within the health care field. This program is targeted for experienced professionals in health care services, business, academia, and public administration and is suited for those seeking new careers or advanced leadership opportunities.

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