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Improving Public Health with Effective Administrative Practices
As part of a larger mission to improve public health with focus from the front lines to the front offices, the UW MHA program has made a deliberate and multi-year effort to reshape our curriculum and approach with a particular focus on health equity and effective health care administrative practices. Equity, diversity, and inclusion have…
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What is a Master of Health Administration Degree at UW?
A Master of Health Administration is designed to equip individuals with the skills to take managerial and leadership roles in health care administration. Also known as an MHA, this degree covers both the health care and business side of health care administration. If you want to make meaningful changes at the administrative level in health…
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Advancing women’s health: Executive MHA student Frankie Shelton receives Fulbright UCL Entrepreneurship Award
Frankie Shelton, a second-year student in the Executive Master of Health Administration (EMHA) program, was recently awarded a Fulbright University College London Entrepreneurship Award to continue her passion of gender equity and advancing women’s health.
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Empowerment and equity through empathic direct care
HSPop clinical assistant professor Neha Patel improves health care by incorporating perspectives and experiences of patients, families, and staff into the process with an experience-based design approach.
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Executive MHA program adopts updated schedule
UW’s Executive Master of Health Administration program will update its class schedule will move to a 2-day/mo format beginning with the Autumn 2024 cohort.
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Researchers at UW’s Tacoma and Seattle campuses adapt AI-driven caregiver support tool for Latino community
Assistant Professor Maggie Ramirez is working with Weichao Yuwen, associate professor in the School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership at the University of Washington Tacoma, to culturally adapt the AI-driven caregiver support program Caring for Caregivers Online (COCO) for Latino communities.
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BACK TO SCHOOL: Maximizing school safety amidst growing vaccine hesitancy
Recent reports highlight a growing trend of vaccine hesitancy among parents of school-age children, with between 20% to 25% expressing worries about routine and recommended vaccines.
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Neil Sehgal to lead health administration programs
“Careers in health administration bring with them a tremendous responsibility — shaping the experience of those receiving care, obviously, but also those providing it,” Neil says of his priorities in leading the program.
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Vaccine politics may be to blame for GOP excess deaths, study finds
New MHA & EMHA program director and associate professor Neil Sehgal was quoted in a recent Washington Post article examining the politics of vaccination.
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Chris Backous is improving the world of health care
Backous gained the knowledge and skills he needed to move into a leadership role in health care. Pursuing the UW Executive MHA signaled his commitment to career growth to upper management. Hear more from Backous.
