MS Business Analytics Healthcare Track

Extend Your Passion for Patients into Far-Reaching Impact

Students in the MSBA Healthcare Analytics track graduate with the ability to interpret complex healthcare data, enabling them to make data-driven decisions that enhance patient care, optimize operational efficiency, and inform strategic planning within healthcare organizations.

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Program Details

Starts in July.
GMAT/GRE test scores are optional.
The full-time, in-person program is 10 months. The part-time, online program format takes two years to complete.
Automatic admission is granted to recent Leeds graduates and 抖阴旅行射 graduates with a Business Minor with at least a 3.0 GPA.
No coding or technical background is required.
Technical, quantitative and statistically intensive. Learn data architecture, functional analytic problem-solving and soft, durable skills.
Learn more about the MSBA Healthcare curriculum here and learn more about MSBA Healthcare Track costs and tuition here.

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Careers in Healthcare Analytics

The MS Business Analytics (MSBA) Healthcare track prepares you to turn big data into actionable insights that drive systemic improvements. You will develop the skill set needed to retrieve, analyze and interpret a vast range of health-related data. Meanwhile, you'll learn about developments in marketing and customer analytics including operations research, aspects of computer science and statistical methods.

The听MSBA Healthcare track curriculum听includes specialized courses provided by the College of Nursing at the 抖阴旅行射 Anschutz Medical Campus-a world-class medical institution for transformative education, science, medicine and healthcare-in partnership with Leeds School of Business.

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You will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting healthcare data to improve patient outcomes and optimize operational efficiency. They use statistical tools and software to identify trends and provide actionable insights to healthcare providers and administrators.

Manage听the collection, storage, and analysis of clinical trial data and help听ensure data accuracy and integrity, design data collection systems, and collaborate with researchers to support clinical studies and regulatory submissions.

Ensure听healthcare plans adhere to all applicable regulatory and legal requirements by听conducting thorough audits, analyzing compliance data, and developing comprehensive reports to identify and address potential risks.

Ensure听healthcare plans and programs adhere to regulatory requirements and internal policies. You will monitor and analyze compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Healthcare Track Faculty

Meet our award-winning faculty, recognized for their innovative teaching approach and their cutting-edge research in top academic journals.

David Doboly

Assistant Professor and听Caruso Faculty Scholar

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INFORMATION ANALYTICS

David G. Dobolyi is an Assistant Professor in the division of Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. He earned his PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Virginia, and his research spans a range of topics including cybersecurity, text analytics, and face recognition. His work leverages a variety of statistical methods including predictive analytics, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, and behavioral experiments.

Assistant Professor and Specialty Director of Health Care Informatics Program

COLLEGE OF NURSING, ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CENTER

Sharon Giarrizzo-Wilson, PhD, RN-BC, CNOR is an Assistant Professor and Specialty Director for Healthcare Informatics at the University of Colorado College of Nursing. Dr. Giarrizzo-Wilson is board-certified in nursing informatics and perioperative nursing with more than 40 years experience as a healthcare clinician with progressive leadership and project management skills. Her expertise covers patient safety, quality and process improvement, nursing terminology development and clinical informatics. She obtained her PhD in Nursing from Loyola University, Chicago with a research focused on the capture and data structure in the electronic health record (EHR) of perioperative patient transitional care communications.

Abe Handler

Associate Professor

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INFORMATION ANALYTICS

Dr. Abram Handler is an Assistant Professor with the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research focuses on developing new natural language processing (NLP) methods for use in new digital analytics interfaces. He is particularly interested in tools and methods for searching, analyzing and making sense of large bodies of text. In this work, he designs and builds systems with collaborators from human-computer interaction, develops new NLP algorithms for summarizing documents, and researches new digital techniques for analyzing large bodies of text. His work has appeared at top computer science venues like EMNLP, NAACL and ACM TiiS.

Associate Professor

COLLEGE OF NURSING, ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CENTER

Mustafa Ozkaynak joined the faculty of the University of Colorado College of Nursing in 2013. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. During his postdoc, he was part of a research team that studied the structural quality of anticoagulation management. He earned his MS and PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His dissertation was entitled 鈥淐haracterizing Workflow in Hospital Emergency Departments.鈥� As a PhD student, he received a Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) PhD scholarship.

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Meet the MSBA Team at Leeds

Leeds' team of dedicated professionals help you maximize your experience in the MSBA program. Our student success team and career development coaches provide highly curated support to ensure you have everything you need to succeed.

Alysson Biermaier

MS Degrees Program Manager

Graduate Programs

Alysson has joined the team as the Student Success Coordinator. She received her master's degree in Art History from Syracuse University, where she was also a TA and Research Assistant. She most recently worked with graduate and undergraduate students as the Coordinator of Interns & Volunteers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A Minnesota-born winter lover, Alysson enjoys hiking, camping, and exploring parks any chance she gets. If she is...

alysson.biermaier@colorado.edu (303) 735-0082

John Helmers

Director, Graduate Career Management

Graduate Programs

Biography John has spent the last 15 years leading Graduate Career Management efforts at the Leeds School of Business at The University of Colorado Boulder, where he and his team provide coaching and programming to MBA and MS students. He also oversees the Leeds MBA Professional Mentorship Program, works closely with employers, and teaches the MBA Professional Development course. Prior to joining Leeds he worked in marketing for a global...

john.helmers@colorado.edu 303.492.1016

Patti Martinez

Student Success Coordinator

Graduate Programs

Kristi Ryujin

Associate Dean for Graduate Programs • Special Assistant to the Dean for Faculty Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Culture

Graduate Programs

Biography As the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Kristi is responsible for the advancement, quality, vibrancy and continuation of graduate programs at the Leeds School of Business, with oversight of recruitment, retention, graduation, and placement of nearly 500 graduate students, annually. Prior to joining Graduate Programs, Kristi served in the Office of Diversity Affairs as the Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Director of the Office of Diversity Affairs...

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Application Deadlines

The application for 2025 entry is now open!听

Round 1:听October听7, 2024

Round 2:听December听2, 2024

Round 3:听Febuary听3, 2025

Final International Deadline:听February听5, 2025

Final Domestic Deadline:听May听12, 2025

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