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Health Management and Policy

Rapid changes taking place in both the private and public sectors of health care and related industries have created a need for a broad spectrum of qualified professionals to manage complex institutions, organizations, and health-services delivery programs. Whether your background is in the natural, biological, or social sciences; business; marketing; economics; or finance; career opportunities for public health graduates include mid- to executive-level administrative positions in all sectors of the health care industry.

Some samples of job titles our alumni have:

- Hospital administrator/director/president

- Health promotion program coordinator

- Director of marketing

- Executive director of health systems agencies

- Consultant

- Medical care administrator

- Vice president of professional services

- Nursing home chief executive officer

- Management analyst

- Director for rural health initiative primary care center

- Financial analyst

- Hospice director

- Manager of health maintenance organization

- Health planner

- President of hospital association

- Health policy formulator

- President of Blue Cross Blue Shield

- Health care analyst

- Regional vice president of multi-hospital system

- Health services research wellness manager

- Director of ambulatory services

- Wellness manager

- Director of strategic planning

- Health care administrator

- Director of hospital outpatient department

- Manager of health promotion

- Dean of medical school

- Social science research analyst

- President of health maintenance organization

- Public health program chief

- Director of planning for health maintenance organization

- Program specialist on alcohol and drugs

- President of planning for health maintenance organization

- Director of health systems agency

- Director of family health center

- Health facilities planner

- Community health care organizer

- HMO administrator

- Manager of professional relations for Blue Cross Blue Shield

- Associate director of new business development

- Analyst for Medicare agency

- Gerontology coordinator

- Director of innovative health care delivery for state Medicaid agency

- Risk assessment specialist

Dolores Malvitz

Hospital Administrator
Gail Warden
, MHA ’63, President and CEO, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan.

“One of the most gratifying experiences of being a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Public Health is seeing the impact that its graduates are having all over the world. Strong alumni in positions of importance are one of the School’s most important products.”