Health Organization Management  

The ever-increasing demand for sophisticated management and accountability in the health care industry requires professionals whose education is strongly based in business principles. This educational base is most appropriately provided by an accredited graduate degree in both business and healthcare. The MBA and MD/MBA Program, in Health Organization Management (HOM), is currently one of only nine MBA-based programs that are dually accredited by the AACSB International, the national accrediting organization for business and management programs, and the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). The MBA and MD/MBA Program combines the expertise of faculty members in business, medicine, public administration, and economics.

Superior academic training and challenging real world experience have placed Texas Tech University’s HOM Program among the nation’s premier health care management programs. As one of the few MBA programs aligned with a School of Medicine, the HOM Program draws upon the resources and expertise of both the Rawls College of Business and the School of Medicine. The MBA (HOM) course of study prepares students for managerial positions in the health care industry, with special emphasis on medical groups and ambulatory care settings. Texas Tech’s HOM Program offers a unique view of physicians and administrators working together, which is not seen at other programs.

MISSION  

The Program’s mission is to provide and integrate education, research, and service related to the management of health care organizations.

HOM Program Offerings  

By offering non-degree certificates, graduate level certificates, joint graduate degree programs and a doctoral level course of study, the HOM Program can accommodate individuals with varying education, business, and healthcare backgrounds and experience as they seek to meet their personal objectives. Because of the unique opportunity afforded by the close proximity of the School of Medicine, the School of Allied Health, and the Law School, Texas Tech’s Rawls College of Business is able to offer a variety of programs. These include the MS (Accounting/HOM), and the MS (MIS/HOM), the joint degrees include the MD/MBA (HOM) and the JD/MBA (HOM).

HOM Concentration

The HOM concentration is a lock-step program, which requires some of the HOM core courses to be taken in sequence. There are eight HOM- specific courses including:

MGT    5306            HOM I: Introduction to Healthcare Systems

MGT    5307            HOM II: Managed Care Organizations

MGT    5308            HOM III: Consumer Driven Healthcare Design

MGT    5309            HOM IV: Integrated Healthcare Operations

ECO    5337            Health-Care Economics

PUAD  5334            Health-Care Policy and Administration

MGT    5382            Field Experience in HOM

MGT    5391            Health Organization Management Capstone