Health Management
Improve the quality of healthcare by learning to lead and manage the workforce effectively in an increasingly complex industry sector.
The demand for highly skilled and qualified health managers is significant. Changes in Healthcare move rapidly with advances in knowledge, technology and clinical care modalities. We face challenges of natural disasters, chronic disease, endemic, epidemic and pandemic illness, all within the highly political landscape of healthcare.
Our Health Service Management courses will prepare you for the fast paced and challenging environment of management in the Health Sector. We draw on industry expertise from across the nation to deliver practical learning that prepares graduates to be compassionate, creative and competent, with high level judgement and leaderships skills.
We have partnered with Australia’s health services to deliver an important element of leadership and executive development, adding weight to their succession planning processes. We support these efforts by offering outstanding postgraduate courses designed to fit into busy lives.
Course Options
Master of Health Service Management
1.5 years min, 4 years max
Online
View course details Master of Health Service Management
Master of Health Information Management
1.5 years min, 4 years max
Online
View course details Master of Health Information Management
Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management (Safety and Quality)
1 year min, 3 years max
Online
View course details Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management (Safety and Quality)
Graduate Certificate in Digital Health
1 year min, 2 years max
Online
*Supporting intensive seminars in Sydney with approximately 6-10 days of intensives per year.
^All units are delivered primarily off campus (online), with non-mandatory, supporting intensive seminars in Sydney.
Intensive masterclasses are taught by current, senior health sector executives.
We enable you to build networks with colleagues and peers across the health industry.
We’re highly connected to the health industry and bring theory to life with case studies.
Study options
Data Analytics
Strategic planning and the delivery of healthcare services to the community requires the application of highly complex data analysis knowledge and skills. This specialisation focuses upon the development of these capabilities to enable health professionals to be effective managers of services, departments and organisations.
Health Information Management program
Information Governance
Healthcare management relies upon the development, implementation and monitoring of complex information governance systems. This specialisation focuses on the development of system and organisational perspectives to achieve corporate and clinical governance requirements.
Health Information Management program
Strategic Leadership
To effectively lead healthcare organisations executives and managers need to understand the interrelated systems and behaviours that comprise them. This specialisation focuses upon examining systems, processes and behaviours to enable health professionals to be leaders in complex environments.
Health Information Management program
Safety and Quality
Delivering safe and high-quality services and care for patients, consumers and staff require healthcare organisations to continuously improve governance, systems and processes. The purpose of this specialisation is to examine strategies for improved patient outcomes, enhanced consumer and staff experience, and improved system efficiencies.
Health Service Management program
Information Management
Healthcare organisations require leaders with knowledge and abilities to effectively govern administrative, service and patient information management systems. This specialisation equips health professionals to understand and manage information systems, including the legal, technical and administration requirements.
Health Service Management program
Organisational Development
The effective management and ongoing development of healthcare organisations is recognised as critical to continually deliver high-quality care. This specialisation develops knowledge, capacity and skills to enable health professionals to lead and manage complex adaptive healthcare organisations.
Health Service Management program
Integrated Care
The strategic coordination and delivery across services present unique opportunities for healthcare organisations to provide high quality, safe care. The purpose of this specialisation is to examine and evaluate integrated care models, including access, quality, satisfaction, efficiency, and their suitability for different healthcare contexts.
Health Service Management program
Course breakdown
1
Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma
50-100 credit points
- Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management
Choose 4 units totalling 50 credit points from the course schedule.
- Graduate Diploma of Health Service Management
Choose units totalling 100 credit points from the course schedule.
- All units for both the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are delivered primarily off campus (online), with non-mandatory, supporting intensive seminars in Sydney.
- Both courses are pathways to an advanced level of learning, leading from the Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management to the Graduate Diploma in Health Service Management, into either the Master of Health Service Management or the Master of Health Information Management.
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Master of Health Information Management
150 credit points
Designed for those interested in pursuing significant management or administrative role in the private or public health sectors.
You will study 12 units in this course: 8 core units and 4 in your selected specialisation. All units are delivered primarily off-campus, with non-mandatory intensive seminars in Sydney.
There are 3 specialisations to choose from:
- Data Analytics
- Information Governance
- Strategic Leadership
3
Master of Health Service Management
150 credit points
This degree aims to provide graduates with a systematic and critical understanding of contemporary health service management and specialised research skills for the advancement of professional practice.
You will study 12 units in this course: 8 core units and 4 in your selected specialisation. All units are delivered primarily off-campus, with non-mandatory intensive seminars in Sydney.
The 4 specialisations to choose from:
- Information Management
- Organisational Development
- Integrated Care
- Safety and Quality
Career outcomes
The Australian Institute of Health Service Management (AIHSM) is a unique university and industry collaboration. It’s guided by an Advisory Board made up of leading health executives in Australia. Its purpose is to develop managers and executives to be highly knowledgeable, skilled, emotionally intelligent, and resilient.
The Institute offers postgraduate training and research, including Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and Masters. These courses are designed to provide current and future health information professionals with rigorous training, focused on issues of contemporary professional health management practice.
Career opportunities
Healthcare Management graduates are in high demand. Here are some of the careers projected to grow into 2025.*
Health and Welfare Services Managers
Predicted job growth to 2024
Health and Welfare Support Workers
Predicted job growth to 2025
Health Professionals
Predicted job growth to 2024
Study Experiences
No other program like this
"We think we are involved in a program (MHSM and MHIM) of sector wide importance. There is no other program like this in Australia that has such a good relationship between a university and industry partners." Executive Dean TSBE Professor Martin Grimmer at the AIHSM Networking event
Research
The AIHSM undertakes research and organisational development projects with health care organisations across Australia.
Additionally, in the respective programs, students undertake a major research project, jointly supervised by an industry partner and academic representative, which is aligned with the strategic priorities of the industry partner.
Project recommendations and implementation activities have produced tangible and significant health service management improvement and benefits, both clinical and financial, to the LHDs. The improvements include the more effective functioning of services, management development of teams, and enhanced succession planning.
Entry information
Entry requirements
Entry requirements vary across courses. You'll find the requirements on our individual course pages. These can be accessed from Course Options, which is located at the top of this page.
We encourage you to apply for the courses you most want to study. If you're not eligible to enter your chosen course right now, our admissions team will work with you to find the best pathway option.
Credit for prior learning
The University of Tasmania aims to provide you with credit for approved prior study or equivalent professional experience which exceeds standard entrance requirements for courses. For more information please visit Recognition of Prior Learning.
English language requirements
For those applicants who are nationals of and currently residing in a country where English is not the official language, evidence of an IELTS or TOEFL test must be provided. For more information, please visit International Future Students.
