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4 Reasons to Consider Earning Your PhD in Health Services

You can lead social change as a respected leader in a rapidly growing field.

For at least the last 10 years, the HealthCare Executive Group (HCEG) has convened a panel of high-level healthcare executives to identify the top 10 issues facing the industry. For 2020, they selected:1

  • Costs and Transparency
  • Consumer Experience
  • Delivery System Transformation
  • Data and Analytics
  • Interoperability/Consumer Data Access
  • Holistic Individual Health
  • Next Generation Payment Models
  • Accessible Points of Care
  • Healthcare Policy
  • Privacy/Security

 

4 Reasons to Consider Earning Your PhD in Health Services

Their list underscores the need for innovative, critical-thinking professionals in the growing healthcare sector. A health services PhD can help you become a respected front-line leader in addressing these and other key challenges. With an online PhD in Health Services you can:

1. Effect positive social change.

If designing and delivering high-quality, accessible healthcare is your passion, look for an educational partner who supports those principles. At Walden University, promoting positive social change is a core value.

In earning a health services PhD, you’ll explore social justice principles that impact healthcare decisions. You’ll hone your critical thinking skills and apply them to the study of law, ethics, and policy in healthcare administration. Your studies will prepare you to identify and mobilize resources to meet the needs of diverse populations and lead the dialogue about today’s most pressing health services issues.

 

2. Deepen and focus your health services career interests.

When you select an accredited university that offers program specializations aligned with 21st-century needs, you can match your health services degree program to your professional and research interests. You may choose to pursue career opportunities through specializations in leadership, healthcare administration, community health, and public health policy. A self-designed option gives you the flexibility to take customization to the next level by designing a PhD program that supports your career goals.

 

3. Prepare for health services job growth.

 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects job growth of 18% between 2018 and 2028 for medical and health services managers.2 That translates to approximately 406,000 jobs. A PhD can prepare you for opportunities in a wide variety of job sectors and roles. Help design and deliver health services in fields that include:

  • Drug manufacturing
  • Elder services
  • Governmental health agencies
  • Health insurance companies
  • Healthcare consulting
  • Healthcare corporations
  • Nonprofit health organizations
  • Hospital administration
  • Public health agencies
  • Healthcare administration

4. Enjoy your work and life while advancing your education.

As a working professional, an advanced degree in health services is well within your reach. Walden’s innovative and flexible online learning environment puts success at your fingertips. And should you need help, there’s 24/7 tech support to back you up. Walden’s suite of student services features comprehensive academic support, including doctoral peer mentors. Your team also includes Enrollment Specialists and financial aid advisors, who can help you explore tuition assistance options.Pair your passion for healthcare with a PhD in Health Services to find a rewarding career that lets you create—and lead—positive social change.

Walden University is an accredited institution offering a PhD in Health Services online degree program with multiple specializations. Expand your career options and earn your degree in a convenient, flexible format that fits your busy life.

1Source: hceg.org/hceg-top-ten/
2Source: www.bls.gov/ooh/management/medical-and-health-services-managers.htm/?source=MSPSC01048&ve=MSPV01403&medium=referral#tab-1

Walden University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission, www.hlcommission.org.

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