In this Doctor of Behavioral Health, you’ll explore current issues in management and behavioral care in integrated primary care environments. You’ll also gain important health care administration skills needed to design, implement and evaluate integrated care programs and meet the needs of patients, providers and health care organizations. Upon graduation, you’ll be equipped with the tools, training and experience required to keep pace with new trends in behavioral intervention and pursue leadership roles in health care administration.
Coursework and more: How you’ll learn in this DBH
This behavioral health management concentration focuses on preparing you for the rapidly evolving integrated care landscape. The curriculum features self-paced learning allowing you to set your own schedule and communicate with peers and professors in real time.
Throughout the behavioral health management curriculum, you’ll focus on:
- Business entrepreneurship: Maximize your earning potential by identifying and adapting to organizational and market demands.
- Integrated behavioral health programs: Learn how to improve patient experiences, support positive clinical outcomes and reduce health care costs and inefficiencies.
- Quality and performance measurement: Improve health care delivery and patient outcomes by adopting the new Accountable Care Organization model.
This program culminates with a unique capstone research project where you’ll develop a comprehensive business plan that aligns with your personal and professional interests.
Who’s a good candidate for this management DBH?
This program is intended for students looking to enhance their clinical work and develop management skills to specialize in integrated behavioral health and health care. As an ideal candidate, you should have a strong interest in working in environments that address both medical and behavioral conditions such as hospitals, primary care clinics and more. Experience working on an interprofessional team in a medical setting would also prepare you well for this program.
In both of our DBH concentrations, clinical and management, you’ll learn about core topics, such as the delivery and economics of health care systems, the organization of health improvement incentives, population-based health management and quality and performance measurement. Additionally, both concentrations prepare you to work in integrated health care environments and support medical and behavioral health services. However, the concentration you choose will depend on whether you prefer to work directly with patients as a clinician or enact policies and create budgets to support clinicians and the patients in their care as a health care administration manager. Learn more about the differences between ASU Online’s clinical and management concentrations. Learn more about the differences between ASU Online’s clinical and management concentrations.
Arizona State University’s Doctor of Behavioral Health with a concentration in management online prepares you for the rapidly changing medical care marketplace as a future health care manager. This program equips you with the knowledge and skills needed to tackle the most challenging issues in modern medicine.
This program provides you with a wide range of specialized courses in health care administration. You’ll study important aspects of integrated health care management, such as finance, leadership and leading interdisciplinary teams, legal, ethical and professional health care issues, cost savings and return on investment.
Our faculty bring a high-level of expertise to every research project. In addition to cutting-edge approaches to research, we’re focused on creating a better future for people. We’re lifelong learners with a goal to improve health outcomes for the communities we serve. Some of our research focuses on:
- Discovering the impact of the environment and policy on food security and community health.
- Exploring mechanisms involved in the development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
- Harnessing big data to improve patient outcomes.
- Incorporating advanced technology to monitor and promote healthy lifestyles.
- Using state-of-the-art cognitive, behavioral and neuroscience techniques to study the components of human communication.
In the College of Health Solutions, students learn and prepare to become the health workforce of the future. Faculty and students also collaborate to research solutions to pressing global health challenges. Partnerships with the medical community offer students access to professional resources and networking opportunities with Mayo Clinic, Banner Health, HonorHealth, Dignity Health and more.
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Applicants to the Doctor of Behavioral Health program with a management concentration must possess a master’s degree (in any field) from a regionally accredited institution and fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the College of Health Solutions.
Candidates must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 in the last 60 hours of their bachelor’s degree program or in their applicable master’s degree education.
Applicants with a master’s degree in business administration, public health, counseling, health care administration and social work are encouraged to apply, though other fields of study are also considered. If you’re a master’s degree-level professional who is currently employed or looking to work in a health care administration role, a Doctor of Behavioral Health may offer the advanced education and real-world insight you need to excel.
To apply, you must submit the following:
- Graduate admission application and application fee.
- Official graduate and undergraduate transcripts.
- At least one professional letter of recommendation.
- Personal statement
- Internship essay
- Up-to-date curriculum vitae or resume.
An applicant whose native language is not English (regardless of current residency) must provide proof of English proficiency.
Applicants with master's degrees in business administration, public health, nursing, counseling, health care administration and social work, among others, are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be master's degree-level professionals who are either currently employed or aspire to be employed in a clinical capacity within integrated health care.
No, Arizona State University’s diplomas don’t specify whether you earn your degree online or in person. All diplomas and transcripts simply say “Arizona State University.”