Health Services Management
The undergraduate health services management degree prepares students for the following career opportunities: long-term care administration, private sector, and public health administration. For additional information on careers in health services management, please review information available from the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Long-term care administration includes a wide spectrum of health care delivery involving the complete continuum of chronic care management and administration including: nursing home, rehabilitation, senior care, palliative care, specialized long-term chronic care, and mental health.
The private sector includes many different types of primary care delivery management and administration. Careers in this track will focus on primary health care delivery in settings such as hospitals, outpatient clinics, physician practice management, managed care, health insurance, and pharmaceutical sales.
The public sector includes all areas of public health management and administration. Career opportunities include public health departments at the local, state, and federal levels; health agencies focused on risk populations such as senior care and Medicaid populations; and environmental health and/or community health agencies.
Please review the Undergraduate Catalog for our program requirements.
For more information about the undergraduate program, email the undergraduate advisor, Stacy Dorsett at SE-Dorsett@wiu.edu