Health Administration

Overview

Health administrators work in partnership with health teams and governments to improve health, mitigate public health concerns, and manage human, financial and informational resources, whilst promoting health equity and equal access to basic health services. 

Athabasca University’s Health Administration program was originally designed exclusively for and with First Nations communities. It was subsequently reformulated to provide a liberal education while maintaining a strong indigenous focus; the well-designed curriculum provides a strong foundation of business administration, management, organizational, and health systems, and cultural knowledge. 

Career

• Health-Care Administrator/Hospital Administrator for rural hospitals or community health clinics/centres all across Canada

• Administrator/Manager for long-term care facilities/nursing homes

• middle management-level positions at large hospitals/health regions

• Administrator/Manager at mental health facilities

• provincial government’s departments of health and social services

• Government of Canada departments of health and national defence

• private health-care facilities and long-term care facilities

• large and small consultant agencies in Canada as well as abroad