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"description": "<p>The Healthcare Systems Engineering track is a fully online degree program designed to be completed within two years. This 30-credit-hour program trains students to implement, manage and introduce systematic changes to improve patient care and enhance utilization of organizational resources. This unique program is offered in response to the growing needs of the healthcare industry.</p><p>The future of healthcare will need leaders who are passionate about implementing, managing and refining healthcare systems to improve patient care and reduce overall cost. This degree can help students realize their leadership potential, fuel their passion for healthcare innovation, and provide the necessary tools needed to make this systemic change a reality. Through the ideology and principles of systems engineering taught in this degree, individuals learn the specialized skills needed to foster operational change within healthcare organizations.</p><p>By graduation, students will be able to help healthcare organizations to:</p><ul> <li>Conduct analyses of large-scale social and ecological systems across the healthcare sector</li> <li>Assess and mitigate risks throughout organizational processes and relationships</li> <li>Analyze risks to individual and public health impacted by issues in the healthcare system</li> <li>Bring evidence-based thinking and analysis to process and system change</li> <li>Develop and manage a quality management system across an organizational setting</li> <li>Plan and conduct change initiatives that directly impact quality and costs</li> <li>Design and build detailed computer simulations of healthcare organizations and health technology assessments</li> <li>Adapt information systems to improve management planning and control</li> </ul><p>A sampling of career opportunities include:</p><p>Healthcare Management Engineer, Operational Excellence Project Manager, Systems Redesign Consultant, Lean Specialist, Process Improvement Consultant, Continuous Improvement Specialist and Healthcare Analyst.</p><p>The Healthcare Systems Engineering (HCSE) track requires 30 credit hours of courses beyond the bachelor's degree. This program offers only the nonthesis option.</p><p><strong>Total Credit Hours Required: 30 Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Bachelor's Degree</strong></p><p><strong>Please note:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.ucf.edu/online/degree/healthcare-systems-engineering-masters/\" target=\"_blank\">Industrial Engineering (MS) - Healthcare Systems Engineering may be completed fully online</a>, although not all elective options or program prerequisites may be offered online. Newly admitted students choosing to complete this program exclusively via UCF online classes may enroll with a reduction in campus-based fees.</p><p>International students (F or J visa) are required to enroll in a full-time course load of 9 credit hours during the fall and spring semesters. Only 3 of the 9 credit hours may be taken in a completely online format. For a detailed listing of enrollment requirements for international students, please visit <a href=\"http://global.ucf.edu/\">http://global.ucf.edu/</a>. If you have questions, please consult UCF Global at 407-823-2337.</p><p>UCF is not authorized to provide online courses or instruction to students in some states. Refer to <a href=\"https://online.ucf.edu/learn-online/prospective/state-restrictions/\" target=\"_blank\">State Restrictions</a> for current information.</p>",
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