Master of Health Care Innovation

Become a health care change agent with the Penn Master of Health Care Innovation.

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Location

Online
with an in-person seminar each August

Time to Completion

20 months or
3 years

Interdisciplinary Curriculum

11 courses
from across Penn

Program Overview

Join a cohort of professionals who are committed to making a positive change in health care. Bring lessons from a structured, interdisciplinary curriculum into your work, and pursue the innovation you're passionate about leading.

The Master of Health Care Innovation (MHCI), offered online by the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, will help you build the innovation and leadership skills needed to face urgent and long-term challenges, develop a diverse network of innovative thinkers, and become a stronger contributor and problem solver at your workplace and beyond.

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This program equipped me with a comprehensive toolkit to deeply understand the health care landscape and the diverse individuals within it. It has broadened my perspective on the drivers behind health care innovation and its transformative potential to make it more affordable, accessible, and equitable.

- Pilar Espinosa, MHCI ‘23

Thoughtful, inquisitive, and inspired to transform health care

Join a diverse network of innovative thinkers and leaders passionate about improving health care.
Your cohort may include physicians, nurses, executives, directors, managers, researchers, analysts, entrepreneurs, consultants, health IT specialists, and more.

Students work in sectors including health systems, hospitals, and home health care; academic medicine; biotech, pharma, and medical devices; federal agencies and related organizations; payers; startups and venture capital; health care consulting; finance and technology; and nonprofits.
Work experience of students ranges from 3 to over 35 years.
Past students have hailed from 28 U.S. states plus Washington D.C., and 8 countries.

Learn from leading faculty

You will learn from world-renowned leaders in health policy, behavioral economics, operations management, health care innovation, and health equity.

Faculty are drawn from the Perelman School of Medicine, Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation, the Wharton School, Penn Carey Law, Penn Nursing, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, and Penn Engineering.

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A supportive, structured online environment

The Master of Health Care Innovation is taught online, allowing you to advance your career without interrupting your life.
Asynchronous course activity with weekly deadlines and a weekly live virtual faculty class meeting, so you can plan your study time around work and personal obligations.

Take one highly interactive course at a time, over six weeks, to focus on the topic at hand.
Students typically spend 12 to 15 hours each week on coursework.
Within courses, active online discussions deepen your knowledge, expand your thinking and build a network of like-minded leaders.
An annual 3-day seminar in Philadelphia allows you to connect with your cohort in person, strengthening your bonds and fostering networking opportunities.

Well-rounded, interdisciplinary curriculum that applies to your work and future

Required Courses

Advancing Health Equity
The American Health Care System
Behavioral Economics and Decision Making
Health Care Operations
Leading Change in Health Care
Translating Ideas into Outcomes
Lab: Addressing Challenges
Lab: Pitching Innovation

Electives (Choose 3)

Connected Health Care
Digital Health
Health Economics
Leadership and Legal Issues in Health Care
Using Data for Transformation
Value and Quality in Health Care

I had the most amazing experience in the MHCI program and wonderful classmates from a variety of backgrounds. Together, we learned from each other, collaborated, and innovated in our fields, and became lifelong colleagues.

- Terrance Lynn, MD
MHCI Class of '22