More than 200 Inquiries Received for Mount Sinai’s New Masters in Health Care Delivery Leadership Program
Application period ends August 1st; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai offers first medical school program addressing critical challenges in health care
Fewer than three weeks since it was first announced, more than 200 prospective enrollees have made an inquiry about the Masters in Health Care Delivery Leadership Program, offered by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. The unique 21-month program, mainly administered online, was designed with the goal of developing the knowledge and skills of future leaders for the nation's hospitals and academic medical centers and was envisioned, in part, as a means of addressing the challenges brought about by the new era of healthcare reform.
"We are pleased with the response so far to this unique offering, which reinforces Mount Sinai's role at the center of academic research and medical education during this era of healthcare reform and transformation," said Alan J. Moskowitz, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Health Evidence and Policy and Faculty Director of the MS in Health Care Delivery Leadership Program. "We see this course as a natural evolution of the pioneering initiatives in place across the Mount Sinai Health System."
Courses in this degree program will primarily be offered online, leveraging the vast resources available through the Mount Sinai Health System – one of the largest health systems in the United States, comprising seven hospital campuses and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The program, offered through the school's Department of Health Evidence and Policy, will provide students the competitive advantage required to provide strategic leadership in a changing landscape resulting from the federal Affordable Care Act, downward pricing pressures, and the need to demonstrate increased quality outcomes.
Students will have access to faculty experts at a unique setting – one that combines The Mount Sinai Hospital and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. They will receive extensive training and instruction from prominent leaders in the following areas: change management, team-building, operations, finance, and mentorship through a dynamic online learning system that provides interaction with faculty and fellow students – and one which provides flexibility to accommodate busy schedules. This collaborative learning model, in addition to Mount Sinai's onsite residency program, will provide significant opportunity to further build and develop students' professional networks.
Applicants will receive a comprehensive evaluation for admission based upon their academic record, professional experience, leadership capabilities, major accomplishments, and motivation.
The curriculum will comprise three main components:
- Major health care delivery system forces and disruptors;
- Evidence-based frameworks for strategic leadership and effective management of health care delivery;
- Novel health care delivery models, including clinical and translational research innovations.
The application process is now open; applicants should visit www.icahn.mssm.edu/mshcdl for more information.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, nearly 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,300 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.
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