Master of Science in Health Care Transformation Brochure (2022)

Lead Change in the Health Care Sector

Program Overview

Join the Master of Science in Health Care Transformation, a unique, interdisciplinary degree, to learn practical frameworks for increasing health care value by dramatically improving outcomes for patients.

Delivered in a hybrid format that combines online and onsite learning, the program is designed to be completed while working full time. Students learn through a case-based curriculum that was built from the ground up for experienced health professionals.

This innovative program is offered by the Value Institute for Health and Care, a shared enterprise of the Dell Medical School and McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin co-founded by Professors Elizabeth Teisberg and Scott Wallace.

A Dynamic Curriculum

By the end of the year, you will be able to:

• Envision the opportunities and challenges of creating high-value health care

• Develop solutions that respond to the needs of all patients, measure outcomes that matter, and connect health success to financial success

• Lead change to transform health care delivery systems and professional practice

In the Master of Science in Health Care Transformation, you will:

• Build a toolkit of practical strategies and solutions

• Join a community of global transformation leaders

• Design and implement a real-world project

• Conceptualize solutions that you can apply immediately

• Be immersed in a unique curriculum that is relevant to the current health care landscape

• Learn how to increase value by dramatically improving outcomes relative to care costs

• Aspiration, Innovation & Inertia in Health Care

• Creating Value for Individuals & Families

• Measuring Outcomes that Matter

• Experiential Learning Project 1: Project Planning & Preparation

SPRING:

• Redefining Health Delivery Solutions

• Health Care Finance & Payment

• Leadership & Communication for Managing Change

• Experiential Learning Project 2: Project Measurement & Implementation

Lenses

Throughout the program, students gain perspective on three foundational lenses that are critical to achieving higher-value health care:

Equity

How can we eliminate disparities in health care delivery and health outcomes?

Personal Leadership

How can I identify and leverage my strengths to lead transformational change?

Relationship-Centered Care

How do relationships between providers, patients, families, and others contribute to better health outcomes?

Students engage with experts in equity, personal leadership, and relationship-centered care to apply these lenses in their work both within and beyond the program.

SUMMER:

• Systems & Technology Strategy

• Strategy for Transformation

• Experiential Learning Project 3: Project Evalutation & Dissemination

Candidates who complete applications by the deadline will be contacted for an interview. Applicants can increase their scholarship chances by applying early.

Program Profile

Average Age

51% of students have advanced degrees (MD, MBA, MS, MPH, etc.)

9 countries: US, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Switzerland, South Africa, Mexico, Saudi Arabia

25 states: TX, MI, GA, AL, KS, IL, VT, KY, MO, WI, CO, TN, NY, NC, FL, VA, CA, OH, WA, OR, PA, MA, NV, UT, LA

Join the Community!

When you enter this program, you become a member of a powerful community of alumni that represent almost all areas of the health care industry.

Our cohorts have included leaders in federally qualified health centers, payers, nurses and physicians in a variety of fields, medtech experts, executives from health care systems, active and former military members, pharmaceutical professionals, and many others.

Director of Nursing Melissa Memorial Hospital

Chief Operating Officer Wilford Hall Surgical Center, U.S. Air Force

Solutions Director, Clinical Informaticsand Infrastructure GE Healthcare

Physician, Spine Surgeon Groenkloof Life Hospital, SS Vermaak Inc.

Manager Finance Transformation Stanford Health Care

Chief Quality & Patient Safety Officer Makkah Healthcare Cluster

Physician, Family Medicine Christus Santa Rosa Family Health Center

Author and Consultant Former Head of Benefits, Fidelity Investments

Manager, Strategy & Business Development McKesson Corporation

Value Based Health Care Physician Lead Providence Health Care, BC

“The MSHCT program is life changing. With every course, I’m gaining professionally relevant knowledge that I am able to confidently incorporate into my career as a physician, director, and health care advocate. We have been taught to become accurate and concise advocates, a skill so necessary when we describe and propose our projects to stakeholders.”

D.O., MSHCT

2020)

“This program is right on time. It has great relevance to decisions I’m making every day, and my thinking about those decisions has already evolved based on what I’m learning. I have never had this level of applicability or immediate translation in an academic program.”

Rhonda Mundhenk, JD, MPH, MSHCT (Class of 2020) Chief Executive Officer, Clinical Health Network for Transformation (CHN)

David Schneider,

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Physician, Telehealth Program Clinical Leader Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region

Students Leading Health Care Transformation

“My problem-solving was always very process-focused. Now, I start by thinking about how decisions will impact the patient, not the process.At times I arrive at the same decision, but those times when I don’t are powerful and transformative.”

Lauren Byrd, MS, MBA, MSHCT (2022)

Chief Operating Officer

Wilford Hall Surgical Center, U.S. Air Force

“The way I’ve learned to quantify and conceptualize value in this program has allowed me to communicate the importance of measuring outcomes and expanding analysis beyond cost alone.”

Lauren Jackson, MPAff, MSHCT (2020) National Director, Population Health Analytics Ascension

“We need health care that can be measured and deliver value beyond performance guarantees and service level metrics. There is so much innovation and venture capital coming into health care, and the opportunity to help shape that development is exciting.”

Jim Huffman, MSHCT (2022)

Author and Consultant

Former Head of Benefits, Fidelity Investments

“The MS in Health Care Transformation program has provided me with the knowledge, skills, and tools to fast track our value-based care design and implementation strategies. I am using the skills gained through this program on a daily basis.”

Milton Streak, MM, MSHCT (2021)

General Manager, Business Development

MedClinic, South Africa

“I feel the best part of this program is learning from others in the cohort. This program teaches you how to work well with different people with a high focus on a team approach to reach positive outcomes. And, the program includes people from all over the world. I have a strong network globally as a result.”

Alanna DiBiasi, DPT, MSHCT (2022) Physical Therapist Austin Sports Medicine