Healthcare Quality & Safety
College
Population Health
Degree Earned
Master of Science
Program Type
Online
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Assistant Program Director
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Curriculum
Courses
(* refers to footnotes)
Advanced Practice Certificates (APCs)
APC in Healthcare Quality & Safety
- HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety
- HQS 509: Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality
- HQS 515: Applied Principles of Patient Safety
APC in Healthcare Quality & Safety Education
- HQS 509: Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality
- HQS 515: Applied Principles of Patient Safety
- HQS 516: Teaching Quality & Safety
APC in Health Systems Science
- HPL 500: U.S. Healthcare Organization & Delivery
- HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety
- Elective (Program Director approval needed)
APC in Health Systems Science Education
- HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety
- Elective (Program Director approval needed)
- HQS 517: Teaching Health Systems Science
Graduate Certificate (Science Track)
- HPL 500: U.S. Healthcare Organization & Delivery
- HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety (*1)
- HQS 509: Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality
- HQS 515: Applied Principles of Patient Safety
- Elective (Program Director approval needed)
Graduate Certificate (International Track)
- HPL 550: Comparative Health Systems
- HQS 502: Introduction to International Healthcare Quality & Safety (*3)
- HQS 509: Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality
- HQS 515: Applied Principles of Patient Safety
- Elective (Program Director approval needed)
Master's Degree (Science Track)
- HPL 500: U.S. Healthcare Organization & Delivery
- HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety (*1)
- HQS 509: Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality
- HQS 515: Applied Principles of Patient Safety
- OPX 520: Change Management
- HPL 520: Fundamentals of Practice-Based Statistics
- HQS 512 Business Case for Quality
- HQS 505: Advanced Tools & Methods for HQS
- HQS 507: Advanced Applications of HQS in Clinical Settings
- Elective (Program Director approval needed) (*2)
- HQS 650: Capstone Seminar and Project *
Master's Degree (Management Track)
- HPL 500: U.S. Healthcare Organization & Delivery (*4)
- HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety
- HQS 509: Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality
- HQS 515: Applied Principles of Patient Safety
- OPX 520: Change Management
- HPL 520: Fundamentals of Practice-Based Statistics
- HQS 512 Business Case for Quality
- HQS 505: Advanced Tools & Methods for HQS
- HQS 507: Advanced Applications of HQS in Clinical Settings
- Elective (Program Director approval needed) (*4)
- HQS 650: Capstone Seminar and Project *
Master's Degree (International Track)
- HPL 550: Comparative Health Systems
- HQS 502: Introduction to International Healthcare Quality & Safety (*3)
- HQS 509: Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality
- HQS 515: Applied Principles of Patient Safety
- OPX 520: Change Management
- HPL 520: Fundamentals of Practice-Based Statistics
- HQS 512 Business Case for Quality
- HQS 505: Advanced Tools & Methods for HQS
- HQS 507: Advanced Applications of HQS in Clinical Settings
- Elective (Program Director approval needed)
- HQS 650: Capstone Seminar and Project *
Footnotes
- Waived for members of the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) who hold the Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) credential.
- Waived for members of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) who have completed qualifying courses in the SHM Leadership Academy (Master's only).
- Waived for ISQua Fellows (after completion of modules).
- Waived for members of the American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) who have completed the master's pre-requisites, or graduates of an accredited MBA/MHA program.
There is a maximum number of credits that can be waived or substituted. See Student Handbook for more details.
*All Masters' tracks culminate in a Capstone Project which incorporates knowledge and skills gained through the Masters Program education. The Capstone should advance knowledge which can be applied to the student’s discipline and/or organization.
For course descriptions, please view the Jefferson College of Population Health Course Descriptions page.
Program Outcomes
The HQS program prepares graduates to lead the transition of healthcare delivery towards high-value care by preparing them to:
Graduate Certificate
- Apply management and leadership skills to develop policies related to measurement and improvement of HQS
- Integrate change management theory into project management program design to improve healthcare quality and patient safety
- Distinguish the various factors that influence risk in health care and discuss the legal principles and regulatory mechanisms that relate to it
- Apply the foundational concepts of quality and safety measurement, improvement and analysis within the framework of collaborative team dynamics and change management
Master’s Degree (above plus)
- Produce evidence to support healthcare policy development and change
- Integrate quality, safety, and transformation/change management tools to promote patient safety
- Design and implement performance improvement strategies at a system level
- Assimilate interprofessional collaboration into an organizational strategic plan for compliance with internal and external influences on quality and safety
- Evaluate effectiveness of various performance improvement interventions and outcomes
- Develop systematic approaches to drive broad-impacting improvements in clinical outcomes across the healthcare continuum