Certificate in Innovation in Healthcare Management

The program is offered only online

Healthcare has experienced enormous leaps of innovation over the past several decades with advances in technology such as artificial intelligence, better therapeutic options, and improved diagnostics due to breakthroughs in data analysis and health informatics. The majority of this innovation has been focused on the development of new drugs, medical devices, diagnostic procedures, and therapies — now is the time to bring the delivery of healthcare services up to par with the modern world. An innovative mindset in healthcare is needed to improve quality, enhance the patient experience, reduce harm, improve access, increase efficiency, eliminate waste, and lower costs.

The Certificate in Innovation in Healthcare Management empowers healthcare industry professionals — from senior executives to aspiring managers — to foster effective, innovative environments and deliver results from new innovations.

Be a Driver of Innovation in Your Healthcare Organization

• #1 Most Innovative School in the U.S. (ASU, U.S. News & World Report 2016–2020)
• #1 ranking in Internationalism of Alumni in The Economist 2014
• #15 ranking for Overall Executive Education in the Financial Times 2015

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Program Outline

By using real-world examples and applied scenarios, this experiential Certificate in Innovation in Healthcare Management enables participants to be more informed catalysts of valuable innovation. This ground-breaking healthcare innovation program was co-developed by the Associate Dean of Innovation for the world’s top-ranked global management program and focuses on addressing current healthcare issues and real-world applicability of learning content. The eight-week online program carries 16 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Curriculum

Students who undertake our healthcare innovation course will be introduced to concepts and definitions which include, but are not limited to, ideation and evaluation of ideas, identifying ways to turn innovative ideas into valuable strategies and business models, and ultimately delivering results from innovation.

• Unit 1: Megatrends in Healthcare

• Unit 2: Ideation Best Practices

• Unit 3: Effective Validation

• Unit 4: Understanding Resource Constraints

• Unit 5: Planning for New Innovations

• Unit 6: Creating Valuable Advantages

• Unit 7: Winning Adoption for New Ideas

• Unit 8: Delivering Rapid Results

Outcomes

Participants of the Certificate in Innovation in Healthcare Management will earn the following skills:

• Describe key trends in the healthcare industry

• Recognize key environmental constraints impacting healthcare providers and healthcare service companies

• Identify opportunities for innovation in the healthcare industry

• Apply and summarize effective validation strategies for healthcare innovations

• Identify ways to turn innovative ideas into valuable strategies and business models

• Recognize planning models and payoff measurements for new innovation projects

• Identify resource needs for new innovation projects

• Outline techniques for encouraging others to adopt new innovations

• Create a 90-day delivery plan that includes keys to delivering intended results

Who should study this program?

This online course empowers healthcare industry professionals, from senior executives to aspiring managers, to foster effective innovation environments and deliver results from new innovations. Groups that could especially benefit from this certificate program are:

• Executive leadership

• Mid- to senior-level managers

• Personnel with a budget, management, or team-level decision responsibility

• High-potential management candidates

About the Partnership: DHGE and Thunderbird School of Global Management

The partnership between DHGE and ASU's Thunderbird School of Global Management brings together one of the largest not-for-profit healthcare providers in the U.S., the world’s No. 1 ranked Master’s in Management and the No. 1 Most Innovative School in the U.S. to offer ground-breaking programs.

Thunderbird School of Global Management is the world’s premier leadership and management school. We are much more than a school, we are a worldwide network of leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, and intrapreneurs innovating across the private and public sectors to shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

As part of Arizona State University, ranked No. 1 “Most Innovative School” in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for six years in a row, Thunderbird draws on a vast spectrum of disciplines of excellence to empower leaders across sectors to advance inclusive and sustainable prosperity worldwide. Thunderbird advances inclusive and sustainable prosperity worldwide by educating and influencing global leaders and managers who maximize the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for business, government, society, and the environment.