Master of Health Administration (MHA)

Mission: Our mission is to provide graduate health administration education augmented by a health informatics perspective that is designed to prepare capable leaders to meet the administrative needs of diverse health care organizations.

Vision: To be a leader in creating the future of early and mid-career leaders in health care administration for a challenging and changing healthcare arena. Our graduates will transform individual and population health.

Value – Create value through knowledge about health organizational processes using evidence-based decision making to achieve the highest level of population-based health. Achieve broad cultural competence in order to work effectively in collaborative and diverse work and community environments.

Knowledge – Develop learning partnerships among the faculty, students, staff, and health professionals for creating, disseminating, and applying knowledge to achieve high levels of performance of health care organizations.

Leadership – Foster a learning environment in which faculty, staff, and students envision the future and develop strategies for change.

Technology – Use advanced information technology to improve organizational performance and individual and population health outcomes.

Quality – Create an environment for excellence in quality and for quality improvement in all educational, research, and health services delivery processes.

Vision: To be a leader in creating the future of early and mid-career leaders in health care administration for a challenging and changing healthcare arena. Our graduates will transform individual and population health.

Association of University Programs in Health Administration

The Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) is a global network of colleges, universities, faculty, individuals and organizations dedicated to the improvement of health and healthcare delivery through excellence in healthcare management and policy education. Its mission is to foster excellence and drive innovation in health management and policy education and promote the value of university-based management education for leadership roles in the health sector. It is the only non-profit entity of its kind that works to improve the delivery of health services – and thus the health of citizens – throughout the world by educating professional managers. AUPHA’s membership includes the premier baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degree programs in health administration education in the United States, Canada, and around the world. Its faculty and individual members represent more than 300 colleges and universities.

CAHME Mentorship Circle

The University of Missouri MHA program has been a member of the CAHME Mentorship Circle (CMC) since its inception in 2018. The CMC provides an opportunity for exemplary health administration programs to mentor other programs in the pursuit of continuous quality improvement or accreditation.

The CMC was established to recognize and to encourage program participation by CAHME-accredited programs that demonstrate a commitment to advance the quality of healthcare management education.

A Mentorship Circle designation is an honor and a responsibility, requiring a process of mission leadership to advance the quality of graduate health care management education.