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College of Management and Human Potential - Doctoral Programs:
Doctor of Healthcare Administration (DHA)

The Doctor of Healthcare Administration (DHA) program prepares professionals to effectively manage the healthcare delivery demands of their organizations and the communities they serve. Through a multidisciplinary curriculum, students gain insight into the post-Affordable Care Act landscape and gain the core business and leadership skills expected by today’s healthcare employers. By blending theory with research in their coursework, students in the DHA program focus on utilizing practice-based research, communication strategies, and data-driven approaches for decision making to improve the healthcare experience for both providers and patients.

Learning Outcomes

The DHA Program Learning Outcomes relate to the Walden University Outcomes.

As graduates of this program, students will be prepared to:

  1. Assess evidence-based leadership approaches in changing healthcare environments.
  2. Evaluate data-driven decision making in healthcare settings within the domains of financial management, strategic planning, economic analysis, and quality assessment.
  3. Analyzing the relationship of ethical and legal principles to healthcare administration practice and communication.
  4. Evaluate qualitative and quantitative research methods for healthcare administration practice.
  5. Apply appropriate statistical analysis skills to healthcare administration research.
  6. Evaluate theoretical and conceptual frameworks for healthcare administration.
  7. Assess culturally responsive healthcare management and systems thinking techniques to positively impact social change.

Tracks

Track 1: For students who hold a Master of Healthcare Administration degree

Track 2: For students who hold a master’s degree in an academic discipline other than healthcare administration

Doctoral Writing Assessment

Students who start or readmit to doctoral programs at Walden University in the university catalog for academic year 2017 or later will complete the university’s required doctoral writing assessment. Designed to evaluate incoming doctoral students’ writing skills, this assessment aims to help prepare incoming doctoral students to meet the university’s expectations for writing at the doctoral level.

Doctoral Writing Assessment

Students who start or readmit to doctoral programs at Walden University in the university catalog for academic year 2017 or later will complete the university’s required doctoral writing assessment. Designed to evaluate incoming doctoral students’ writing skills, this assessment aims to help prepare incoming doctoral students to meet the university’s expectations for writing at the doctoral level.

8-Year Maximum Time Frame

Students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral degree requirements (see Enrollment Requirements in the student handbook). Students may petition to extend the 8-year maximum time frame, but an extension is not guaranteed.