Applied Health B.S.

The Bachelor of Science of Applied Health (BSAH) is an integrated four-year baccalaureate degree program delivered via distance education. The program includes a liberal education core curriculum, clinical occupational field, and management component. The curriculum combines the knowledge and experiences necessary to provide leadership in the changing health care arena and in entrepreneurial health care settings where clinical expertise is valued. Program outcomes:
- Communicate effectively through written response statements and academic writing assignments that reflect a level of professionalism expected in the healthcare field.
- Describe the financial and reimbursement mechanisms of the United States health care system and how this affects administrative and management decisions
- Demonstrate leadership skills to effectively lead organization, department, and workgroup units to meet organizational goals in a variety of healthcare environments.
- Utilize technology as a professional tool to communicate, organize, collect data, develop strategy, and drive organizational change.
- Describe the basic concepts of legal, ethical, economic, and regulatory dimensions of health care and public health policy.
- Contrast and compare quality improvement processes and use a variety of quality tools and measures, to analyze and formulate an approach to improving patient-centered care.