MHQS Healthcare Quality and Safety at University of Pennsylvania

Mission Statement The mission of the Perelman School of Medicine’s Master’s degree in Healthcare Quality and Safety (MHQS) is to train the next generation of healthcare leaders and practitioners in the science of healthcare quality and patient safety. Program Goals The goal of the MHQS is to provide in-depth didactic instruction and hands-on experience to current healthcare professionals who aim to improve the quality and safety of healthcare, locally, regionally or nationally. This program will prepare students to pursue careers in healthcare administration and leadership that may be broad (e.g.

Duration: 10 course units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States

What you will study

Requires 10 course units in total. Listed required courses include HQS 6120 Principles and Practice of Healthcare Quality Improvement; HQS 6130 Principles and Practice of Healthcare Quality Improvement; HQS 6500 Systems Thinking in Patient Safety; HQS 6030 Evaluating Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Programs; HQS 6090 The Business of Healthcare: Connecting Quality to Strategy and Finance; HQS 6060 Applied Clinical Informatics in Quality Improvement.

Career pathways

This program will prepare students to pursue careers in healthcare administration and leadership that may be broad (e.g. Some graduates will combine their clinical and academic careers with a focus on healthcare quality and safety leadership, others will go on to pure leadership positions.

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