Healthcare Admin

The Rize Healthcare Administration program prepares students to lead and innovate across healthcare organizations by combining practical business skills with a strong foundation in healthcare policy, finance, and data analytics. Graduates of this program are equipped to improve operations and patient outcomes in hospitals, insurance companies, government agencies, and health-tech startups. Rize’s Healthcare Administration program is designed in partnership with academic and industry experts, including professors at Dartmouth College.

Courses & Curriculum

Healthcare Admin

Courses

Career Navigation and Exploration in Healthcare Administration

Career Navigation and Exploration in Healthcare Administration

You know you want a career in healthcare, but where do you begin? What skills you'll need to land that dream job? Whether you're aiming for an internship at a top hospital, a fast-growing clinic, or a cutting-edge pharma company, this course has you covered. You'll learn how to build connections, master interviews, and create a killer resume. By the end, you'll have the confidence and game plan to kickstart an amazing career in any healthcare field you choose! Learn more at rize.pub/HADMN-2.

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Healthcare Justice, Law, and Ethics

Healthcare Justice, Law, and Ethics

When is someone truly dead? Should an expensive cure be approved if a cheaper option exists? In an emergency, should resources go to neonatal or pediatric care? From genetic engineering to rationing care, healthcare faces some of today’s toughest ethical, legal, and justice challenges. As we work to ensure fairness and uphold patient rights, it’s an exciting time to engage with the tools, concepts, and frameworks that drive life-or-death decision-making.

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Strategic Healthcare Operations

Strategic Healthcare Operations

How does a hospital go from losing millions a year to setting new standards in patient care? Why does one clinic thrive while another up the street closes? Strategy—which starts by understanding the complex operations that keep healthcare running. In this course, you'll build practical skills to tackle big problems, optimize resources, and identify and solve critical healthcare challenges from staffing and patient satisfaction to emergency preparedness.

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Inside U.S. Healthcare Policy

Inside U.S. Healthcare Policy

What happens to your healthcare when policies change? When a single regulation alters how you—or millions—receive treatment? This course explores the real-life impact of healthcare policies—from state regulations to federal laws—on hospitals, patients, and the healthcare we depend on. Whether you're curious about the rules behind the scenes or gearing up for a career in healthcare, this class uncovers the system that affects every American's health and wallet. Learn more at rize.pub/HADMN-1.

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Data-Driven Healthcare: Analytics, IT, and AI

Data-Driven Healthcare: Analytics, IT, and AI

Imagine leveraging technology to empower doctors to make smarter, faster decisions: using analytics to uncover trends that can transform patient care. Picture moving to a cloud system that saves a hospital millions—freeing up resources that could improve countless lives. In this course, you’ll dive deep into the transformative power of AI, learn how to analyze healthcare data to drive outcomes, and understand the IT systems that keep everything running securely.

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Healthcare Finance

Healthcare Finance

To save and improve lives, healthcare organizations must be financially strong—because healthcare is a business like any other. In this course, you’ll learn how to develop financial strategies that not only keep healthcare businesses viable but also support ethical, high-quality patient care. From mastering budgeting to optimizing revenue cycles and ensuring compliance, you’ll gain the expertise to help healthcare organizations thrive and impact patient care. Learn more at rize.pub/HADMN-5.

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Healthcare Innovation: The Capstone Project

Healthcare Innovation: The Capstone Project

In this capstone, you’re not just learning—you’re leading. You'll step into the role of a healthcare consultant tasked with solving a real-world hospital case study, identifying challenges, analyzing data, proposing improvements, and ensuring compliance—all while considering financials. Just like in the real world, you won’t get the answers upfront—you’ll need to find the problems, act on them, and present your strategic solutions with confidence. Learn more at rize.pub/HADMN-7.

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Student Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

  • Develop policy impact assessments to evaluate how healthcare policies influence organizational operations, patient care, and financial performance.
  • Design and evaluate a professional development strategy to achieve long-term career goals in healthcare administration.
  • Develop ethical and legal strategies in healthcare administration to ensure compliance, accountability, and equitable decision-making.
  • Design initiatives that address healthcare challenges, improve patient care, and optimize organizational performance.
  • Create and manage financial strategies and systems that ensure effective resource stewardship, compliance, and financial sustainability in healthcare organizations.
  • Design improvements to key healthcare processes using healthcare data analytics and IT system insights.
  • Solve complex healthcare operational challenges with leadership, budgeting, policy analysis, and data-driven insights.

Certifications

Disclosure

This program includes courses delivered online through an institution of the Lower Cost Models Consortium (LCMC), however all academic credit applies toward the degree requirements at your degree-granting institution.

Testimonials

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"Rize courses have really helped me fall in love even more with my future profession that I want to go down."
Sean G.
Adrian College
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Mary D.
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
“Throughout the class time in Rize, the teacher is going over exactly what we need to do… he gave us the freedom to think creatively, to do our own project and it helped us do what he was teaching us to do on our own.”
Cole B.
Walsh University
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Albertus Magnus College
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Lasell University