Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement
Improve healthcare operations and leverage cutting-edge technology to enhance processes. The online Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement will help you hone your analytical skills to improve organizational challenges, uncover the legal and ethical foundations of healthcare policy, and learn to optimize processes for enhanced staff satisfaction and superior patient care.
Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement
Improve healthcare operations and leverage cutting-edge technology to enhance processes. The online Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement will help you hone your analytical skills to improve organizational challenges, uncover the legal and ethical foundations of healthcare policy, and learn to optimize processes for enhanced staff satisfaction and superior patient care.
Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement Overview
Transform your career with Purdue’s 100% online Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement. By completing three hands-on courses, you’ll delve into healthcare processes, harness the power of healthcare technology, understand technology governance, develop your analytical skills and elevate procedures to improve patient care.
This certificate provides stackable skills that can be utilized immediately or applied toward Purdue’s online Master of Health Administration. You can also continue your studies with a graduate certificate in healthcare operations or healthcare leadership giving you more options for stacking skills and building your healthcare resume.
Fast skill-building
The healthcare quality improvement certificate is comprised of three fully online courses that can be completed in as little as two semesters, helping you build job-ready skills quickly to help you make a career transition or move up in your current role.
Learn job-ready skills and address industry challenges
The three courses in Purdue’s healthcare quality improvement certificate teach in-demand skills like analyzing data to create evidence-based quality improvement practices, evaluating health information systems, understanding systems theory, integrating change management models, improving organizational culture, and mastering statistical tools and health management technology. Students will use quantitative methods to tackle industry challenges like improving quality of care and safety procedures, conducting risk analyses and more.
Work with industry experts
The courses are taught by experienced practitioners with expertise in areas like executive leadership, patient experience, staff management, program management, healthcare technology and more. Together, our course instructors bring decades of experience and valuable industry connections to the virtual classroom.
A graduate certificate is a specialized credential that provides advanced knowledge in a specific field. Available to those with a bachelor’s degree, Purdue’s 100% online graduate certificates take less time than a full master’s degree program. They are valuable for individuals looking to quickly advance their careers or pivot to a new industry. Graduate certificates also can serve as a stepping stone toward a master’s degree since they allow students to earn academic credits that may apply to a future graduate program. Ask your enrollment counselor for details or learn more about graduate certificates here.
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Required Courses
- Information Powered Patient Care in the 21st Century
- Transforming the Quality and Delivery of Healthcare
- Data-Driven Decision-Making in Healthcare
More information on courses and faculty can be found at the program website.
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Top Job Titles
Healthcare quality improvement focuses on roles dedicated to enhancing patient outcomes, compliance, and organizational performance. These include Quality Specialist / Manager, Quality Review Analyst, and Program Managers, each supporting continuous improvement initiatives and performance evaluation. Additionally, Human Resources Managers / Business Partners play a key role in aligning workforce practices with quality and safety standards.
Top Industries
Several major industries offer strong career opportunities for professionals in healthcare quality improvement. These include Healthcare agencies and clinic and General Medical and Surgical Hospitals, both of which rely on quality-focused leadership to enhance patient safety, compliance, and care delivery. Additionally, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools and Employment Placement Agencies depend on quality improvement expertise to support education, workforce development, and organizational excellence.
2022 MHA Student of the Year Karrah Teruya reflects on extraordinary graduate school experience
Named the Purdue University Department of Public Health’s Graduate Student of the Year in 2022, Karrah Teruya’s journey from receiving a life-changing cancer diagnosis to becoming a Master of Health Administration (MHA) candidate inspired her professors and graduate cohort alike.
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