This program will commence remotely with introductory courses in summer 2020. Following Harvard Medical School guidance, live online classes will continue throughout the fall.

Our current plan is to resume campus-based classes by January if possible. We will share updates as new information becomes available.

Program Overview

The Master of Healthcare Quality and Safety (MHQS) program equips clinicians and clinical administrators with the operational skills and leadership vision to direct effective quality improvement and safety initiatives within their own health care organizations.

This program offers both a full-time one-year option and a part-time two-year option to those who do not require a Harvard sponsored visa. Typical full-time students move to Boston for the duration of the one year-program, while local clinicians can align their coursework and busy schedules over two years with the part-time option. Both options include the same curriculum and are taken in person on the Harvard Medical School (HMS) campus.

The model of instruction consists of a blend of traditional coursework, intensive workshops, a longitudinal seminar series and a comprehensive capstone project.

 

The program focuses on five key areas of study:

  1. Operational Quality and Safety
  2. Informatics: Clinical Databases, Electronic Health Records and Patient Portals
  3. Leadership and Change Management
  4. Quantitative Approaches
  5. Risk Assessment and Communication
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Muhammad Hasan Abid shares the influence of MHQS on his career
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  • Program Objectives

    The Master of Healthcare Quality and Safety curriculum is tailored to help clinicians improve patient safety and health care quality in an increasingly complex and evolving health care environment.

    Upon completion of the program, you will be able to:

    • Drive strategic change and foster a culture of quality and safety
    • Generate data-driven solutions to address operational challenges
    • Measure, interpret and communicate meaningful health care outcomes
    • Identify quality and safety gaps and develop strategies to address them
    • Use data to support rational and evidence-based improvements
    • Develop and implement quality improvement initiatives within a tight budget
    • Assess and improve health care processes through evidence-based best practices
    • Identify, design and implement malpractice prevention and intervention strategies

  • Program Benefits
    • Curriculum designed to accelerate your ascent to a leadership role focused on health care quality and safety
    • Distinguished faculty who are recognized leaders in some of the nation’s most prestigious health care systems
    • A learning model that combines concrete theory with applied learning
    • An accomplished community of professional peers that you can call upon long after the program ends
    • A capstone project that is aligned with your goals and interests plus one-on-one mentoring
    • The carefully designed curriculum that focuses on all operational aspects of health care quality and safety
    • Exposure to best practices within the Harvard network of hospitals, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Program Director Anjala Tess talks about the learning model

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