Healthcare Leadership and Administration Certificate
The Healthcare Leadership and Administration (HLA) Certificate is for healthcare professionals looking to gain the education to enhance their administrative and leadership career opportunities.
The HLA Certificate teaches skills and behavior management strategies that promote patient-centric culture and helps navigate individuals through a wide range of dynamic healthcare organizations including inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care, community-based and integrated systems. Concepts and theories are applied to authentic real-world situations to best prepare individuals who want to become healthcare administrators and leaders who deliver high-quality healthcare.
The Healthcare Leadership and Administration Certificate provides a foundational basis for individuals who are:
- Looking into a career as a healthcare administrator and may earn an MBA, MPA, or MHA degree in the future.
- Currently working as a healthcare practitioner and are interested in gaining more administrative skills.
- Presently working as a healthcare administrator and seeking additional confidence and leadership and administrative skills.
Academic Model
Online — The Healthcare Leadership and Administration Certificate is a completely online program (no onsite visits are required). Each course is 15 weeks with assignments typically due in 1-2 week increments and designed with busy working professionals in mind.
Why Choose RMUoHP?
“I had a very positive experience as a student at RMUoHP! The rigor of the program was sufficient to promote my career beyond ways I ever imagined!”
“Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (RMUoHP) is a great institution for any healthcare professionals who want to advance their careers by learning the most current up-to-date practices in their fields. The faculty are “the best of the best” in the United States in their respective areas.”
“Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions nurtures the best and brilliant minds. Come check it out yourself.”
“My experience at RMUoHP was life-changing. The support of the faculty played an integral part in my success. RMUoHP is a quality institution that I am proud to be an alumni of.”
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RMUoHP HLA Certificate Program Highlights
Start Dates
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Our Healthcare Leadership and Administration Certificate Features:
- Build, adapt, and improve healthcare organizations to meet the changing needs of healthcare communities.
- Integrate leadership theory into day-to-day administrative practices.
- Mediate and manage communication at every level within an organization.
- Collect and critically analyze research and data.
- Integrate current literature and evidence-based practices into leading and supervising healthcare delivery to patients.
UNIVERSITY ACCREDITATION
Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (8060 165th Avenue NE Ste 100, Redmond, WA 98052-3981), an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Secretary of the US Department of Education.
Become An Effective Healthcare Leader and Administrator
Are you currently a healthcare administrator or interested in becoming one? If so, earning your Healthcare Leadership and Administration Certificate or taking any of the individual courses within the Certificate program will prepare you to lead with confidence.
Anyone who is currently a healthcare administrator, a healthcare manager, or even working in a field unrelated to healthcare can apply for the Healthcare Leadership and Administration Certificate. For students who are interested in healthcare administration but are not sure if they are ready to start an entire degree program, the HLA Certificate gives students a comprehensive foundation for a healthcare administration degree. If you do not have healthcare experience, the HLA Certificate will help you explore the possibility of healthcare administration and leadership as a potential career path.

Learn More About Our Healthcare Leadership and Administration Certificate
We invite you to learn more about our Healthcare Leadership and Administration Certificate by speaking to one of our faculty members or program advisors, as well as exploring our program brochure to determine whether our certificate program is the right fit for you.
All incoming students must have a bachelor’s degree and the ability to learn in an online course setting.
We are committed to the development
of a healthcare professional who can:
Deliver High-Quality Healthcare Efficiently
Effective healthcare professionals understand how to deliver healthcare in a way that lowers costs while improving patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Understand Healthcare Systems
Effective healthcare professionals understand how economics and healthcare systems interact to deliver healthcare to the best of their clinic’s ability within that system.
Collect and Critically Analyze Research and Data.
Effective healthcare professionals integrate critically-reviewed current literature and evidence-based practices into the daily administration of healthcare delivery.
Build Effective Communication Systems
Effective healthcare leaders mediate and manage communication at every organizational level to optimize the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery.