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Health administration or healthcare administration is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of hospitals, hospital networks, and health care systems. Health care administrators are considered health care professionals.
The discipline is known by many names, including health management, healthcare management, health systems management, health care systems management, and medical and health services management. are also common.
Background
In the United States, the first modern health systems management program was established in 1934 at the University of Chicago. At the time, programs were completed in two years – one year of formal graduate study and one year of internship. In 1958, the Sloan program at Cornell University began offering a program requiring two years of formal studyStevens, R. (1999). “In sickness and in wealth: American hospitals in the twentieth century.” Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press., which remains the dominant structure in the United States and Canada today (see also "Academic Preparation"). In 1978, as part of an effort to establish healthcare management as an autonomous profession, the first modern practitioner-teacher model graduate program was established at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.Montgomery LD, Enzbrenner LR, Lerner WM (1991). The practitioner-teacher model revisited. The Journal Of Health Administration Education, 9(1), 9-24.
Health systems management has been described as a “hidden” health profession Haddock, C. C., & McLean, R. D. (2002). “Careers in Healthcare Management: How to Find your Path and Follow It.” Chicago: Health Administration Press. because of the relatively low-profile role managers take in health systems, in comparison to direct-care professions such as nursing and medicine. However the visibility of the management profession within healthcare has been rising in recent years, due largely to the widespread problems developed read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health+administration
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