MS in Quality, Safety, and Risk Management in Healthcare

MS in Quality, Safety, and Risk Management in Healthcare

Drexel University's online MS in Quality, Safety, and Risk Management in Healthcare prepares you to lead organizational efforts that improve and monitor quality metrics, improve safety for both patients and staff, and manage risks in a dynamic healthcare environment.

This interdisciplinary patient safety and healthcare quality master's program is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to develop essential competencies to assess, monitor, and improve healthcare outcomes in community-based care delivery settings, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations. 

Program Features

• Designed for those interested in a career that will impact quality, safety and risk management in the healthcare industry
• Taught by faculty who are current practicing experts in the fields of law, quality, patient safety, and risk management 
• Interdisciplinary structure, offering the opportunity to learn and work collaboratively as you would in practice
• 100% online with no on-campus residency requirement
• Learn through realistic virtual simulation experiences through a partnership with faculty from Drexel’s state-of-the-art simulation center
• Three-year tuition lock for those who complete the program within 3 years 
• Certified by The Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). CAHME serves the public by advancing the quality of healthcare management education globally. CAHME is an interdisciplinary group of educational, professional, clinical, and other health sector organizations devoted to quality improvement of education for healthcare management and administration professionals.

Program Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission
The mission of this program is to educate the next generation of leaders who will advance quality in healthcare. Through a focus on the core values of innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, data-driven decision making, inclusion, and equity, the program prepares students to influence change and improve care across the continuum. The current landscape in healthcare requires preparation for interdisciplinary collaboration to support optimal outcomes. The program’s curriculum provides students with interdisciplinary and experiential learning opportunities that support development of knowledge and skills needed to collaboratively solve complex issues in healthcare and improve outcomes.

Vision
The QSRM program aspires to expand our national and international reputation as a leader in quality and patient safety education. The program aims to produce highly skilled, innovative individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to improve the quality and value of healthcare, preparing them to lead in a demanding and dynamic healthcare arena.

Values
Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Innovation, Data-Driven Decision Making, Inclusion, and Equity.

What is an MS in Healthcare Quality Improvement & Safety?

Drexel’s online masters in healthcare quality improvement program will prepare you to apply a legal and ethical framework of healthcare deliver to help further the role of the quality, safety and risk management professional in the healthcare system. Upon graduation, you will be able to demonstrate critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in decision making and leadership skills in the development of outcome-based standards of care and practice-based health policy issues. While integrating multiple technologies and relevant theories into the organization, you will have the ability to synthesize health data to care patients, families, and communities. In addition, you will learn to evaluate and modify the quality and effectiveness of care based on current research findings, standards of care, and patient outcomes.

What can You Do with a Master’s of Healthcare Quality Improvement?

Quality assurance, risk management, and patient safety are some of the most critical areas of focus in healthcare. Earning your master’s degree in healthcare quality will help prepare you for these types of jobs within hospitals, clinical settings, insurance companies, government agencies, and other healthcare related roles. After earning your degree, your newfound knowledge and skills may prepare you to pursue some of the following types of jobs:

• Associate Director of Operations, Quality and Patient Safety
• Director of Patient and Family Experience
• Director of Quality and Patient Safety
• Healthcare Quality Analyst
• Manager, Healthcare Risk Management

Upon completion of this program, you will have gained the skills necessary to:

• Apply a legal and ethical framework of health care delivery
• Further the role of the quality, safety, and risk management professional in the health care system through scholarship, clinical experience, and organizational involvement
• Demonstrate critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in decision-making
• Integrate multiple technologies and relevant theories into the organization and synthesis of health data to care for patients, families, and communities
• Integrate culturally sensitive care that contributes to the health and wellness of the community
• Demonstrate leadership through the development of outcome-based standards of care and practice-based health policy issues
• Drive the quality and effectiveness of care based on current research findings, standards of care, and patient outcomes
• Contribute to the advancement of health care and humanity through communication, interprofessional collaboration, and education

Graduation Rate

Program Competencies

For more information on the QSRM program competencies, please visit the QSRM page on the College of Nursing and Health Professions website.

Master’s of Healthcare Quality Salary Expectations

While salary can vary greatly by geographic location, position type, experience, and healthcare setting, the BLS suggests that professionals in the occupational health and safety specialists field are earning an average salary of $74,100. This drops to $51,550 for technician roles.

Online Open Houses

Learn more about this and other nursing programs from our previously recorded online open house webinar series.

Related Program

• MSN in Quality, Safety, and Risk Management in Healthcare

Questions? We're here to help!

For application related questions:
enroll@drexel.edu

For program related questions:
College of Nursing and Health Professions Program Team
CNHPGraduateDivision@drexel.edu

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