Gain the leadership skills you need to navigate today’s evolving healthcare landscape in courses that combine top research with real-world insights. Developed by Cornell’s expert faculty, our healthcare certificate programs can help you improve clinical, operational, and business outcomes — transforming your organization for the better.
Choose from 11 Certificate Programs
7 Courses
- Managing People in a Healthcare Setting
- Assessing Your Organization's Finances
- Planning Healthcare Investments and Marketing
- Addressing Healthcare Economics
- Guiding Your Organization’s Costs and Budgets
- Improving Quality and Performance of Healthcare Services
- Navigating the Healthcare Regulatory Environment
DESIGNED FOR:
- Medical, nursing, and dental professionals
- Physical therapy professionals
- Veterinary professionals
- Pre-med, pre-dental and pre-vet students
- Anyone new to administrative and managerial responsibilities in a medical or dental practice, hospital, or long-term care facility
HOW IT WORKS:
- Course Length:2 weeks
- Program Duration:4 months
- Class Size:Under 35 students
- Effort:3-5 hours of study per week
- Format:All Online
- Model:Instructor-led
4 Courses
- Machine Learning in Healthcare
- Data Management in Healthcare
- Natural Language Processing in Healthcare
- Designing Digital Healthcare Tools
DESIGNED FOR:
- Data scientists
- Medical and health services managers
- Database and IT data architects
- Data engineers
- Digital transformation managers
- Clinicians with experience in informatics
- Biomedical and clinical informatics fellows
- Aspiring medical database managers or administrators
HOW IT WORKS:
- Course Length:2 weeks
- Program Duration:2 months
- Class Size:Under 35 students
- Effort:5-7 hours of study per week
- Format:All Online
- Model:Instructor-led
4 Courses
- Changing Organizational Culture in Healthcare
- Aligning Healthcare Products, Services, and Strategies
- How to Build A Strategic Plan for your Healthcare Organization
- Leading Change in Healthcare Organizations
- Leadership Symposium LIVE
DESIGNED FOR:
- Hospital board members
- VP level and C-suite executives
- Healthcare professionals with supervisory, management or executive-level responsibilities
- Hospital and healthcare facility administrators
- Professionals looking to catalyze and manage change within their healthcare organization
HOW IT WORKS:
- Course Length:2 weeks
- Program Duration:2 months
- Class Size:Under 35 students
- Effort:3-5 hours of study per week
- Format:All Online
- Model:Instructor-led
4 Courses
- Analyzing Operations Processes
- Improving Service Operations
- Designing a Quality Control System
- Inventory Management
DESIGNED FOR:
- Mid-career healthcare professionals
- Physicians transitioning into a managerial role
- Nurses and nurse practitioners taking on management responsibilities
- Healthcare policy professionals looking to transition into operations management
- Business management professionals/MBA students who wish to specialize in healthcare operations
- Customer-facing managers in government agencies
HOW IT WORKS:
- Course Length:2 weeks
- Program Duration:2 months
- Class Size:Under 35 students
- Effort:3-5 hours of study per week
- Format:All Online
- Model:Instructor-led
5 Courses
- Building Health Care Compliance Programs
- Obligations to Patients
- Federal Requirements for Emergency Room Screening and Stabilization
- Medical Billing and Contracting Liabilities
- Protecting Patients of Marginalized Groups
DESIGNED FOR:
- Healthcare professionals and executives
- Healthcare providers and administrators
- Health policy makers
- Public health department employees
- Patient advocates
- Lawyers
- Doctors
- Medical research professionals
- Compliance and risk management professionals
HOW IT WORKS:
- Course Length:2 weeks
- Program Duration:2.5 months
- Class Size:Under 35 students
- Effort:3-5 hours of study per week
- Format:All Online
- Model:Instructor-led
6 Courses
- Aligning Healthcare Products, Services, and Strategies
- How to Build A Strategic Plan for your Healthcare Organization
- Strategic Decision Making
- Leading Organizational Change
- Effective Process Management in Healthcare
- Quality and Process Improvement Metrics and Strategies for Healthcare
- Leadership Symposium LIVE
DESIGNED FOR:
- Hospital and healthcare facility administrators
- VP level and C-suite executives
- Hospital board members
- Department directors
- Senior level healthcare professionals looking to refresh their strategic skills
- Healthcare professionals with supervisory, management or executive-level responsibilities
- Early to mid-level healthcare professionals looking to move into a strategy position
HOW IT WORKS:
- Course Length:2 weeks
- Program Duration:3 months
- Class Size:Under 35 students
- Effort:3-5 hours of study per week
- Format:All Online
- Model:Instructor-led
8 Courses (6 Core, 2 Elective)
Core Courses:
- Changing Organizational Culture in Healthcare
- Aligning Healthcare Products, Services, and Strategies
- How to Build A Strategic Plan for your Healthcare Organization
- Leading Change in Healthcare Organizations
- Strategic Decision Making
- Leading Collaborative Teams
- Leadership Symposium LIVE
Elective Courses (2 Courses):
- Improving Governance
- Leading for Creativity and Innovation
- Negotiation Skills
- Leading Organizational Change
- Navigating Power Relationships
- Coaching Skills for Leaders
- Quality and Process Improvement Metrics and Strategies for Healthcare
- Design Considerations for Healthcare Facilities
- Telemedicine
DESIGNED FOR:
- Clinicians, medical personnel and staff transitioning into administrative, management, director, or executive leadership roles
- Healthcare professionals with supervisory, management, or executive-level responsibilities
- Hospital and healthcare facility administrators
- Department directors
- VP and C-suite executives
- Hospital board members
HOW IT WORKS:
- Course Length:2 weeks
- Program Duration:4 months
- Class Size:Under 35 students
- Effort:3-5 hours of study per week
- Format:All Online
- Model:Instructor-led
4 Courses
Virtual Care (1 Elective Course):
- Telemedicine
- Virtual Communication
Patients as Consumers (1 Elective Course):
- Developing Service Excellence Competencies
- Delivering an Excellent Customer Experience for Your Organization
- Interpreting the Behavior of Others
Strategy (1 Elective Course):
- Quality and Process Improvement Metrics and Strategies for Healthcare
- Setting Internal and External Conditions for Success
Leadership (1 Elective Course):
- Managing People in a Healthcare Setting
- Leading in a VUCA World
- Crisis Communication Planning
DESIGNED FOR:
- Licensed healthcare professionals
- Graduate students, medical school residents, and fellows
- Care managers/coordinators
- Patient services
- Medical administrators/office staff
- Department directors
- Leaders, administrators, and executives at all levels in the healthcare industry
- Hospital board members
- Any healthcare-focused organization looking to provide a consistently high level of customer service
- Professionals looking to catalyze and manage change within their healthcare organization
HOW IT WORKS:
- Course Length:2 weeks
- Program Duration:2 months
- Class Size:Under 35 students
- Effort:3-5 hours of study per week
- Format:All Online
- Model:Instructor-led
5 Courses
- Public Health Foundations
- Assessing and Implementing Public Health
- Using Public Health Data for Action
- Supporting Public Health Behaviors
- Public Health Preparedness
DESIGNED FOR:
- Community health leaders
- Emerging public health leaders
- Public health volunteers
- Volunteers working with high-risk populations
- Outreach coordinators
- Anyone interested in personal and collective health and wellbeing, community development, preventing disease and injury, or leading change to support health equity
HOW IT WORKS:
- Course Length:3 weeks
- Program Duration:4 months
- Class Size:Under 35 students
- Effort:5-7 hours of study per week
- Format:All Online
- Model:Instructor-led
5 Courses
- Senior Living Fundamentals
- Design Considerations for Senior Facilities
- Dining Innovation in Senior Living
- Effective Process Management in Senior Living
- Quality and Process Improvement for Senior Living
DESIGNED FOR:
- Nursing home and long-term care administrators
- Registered nurses, nurse practitioners, nursing assistants, and dietitians
- Physical therapists
- Facilities managers, developers, and planners
- Hospitality professionals transitioning to a career in senior living
- People interested in a career in senior living
HOW IT WORKS:
- Course Length:2 weeks
- Program Duration:3 months
- Class Size:Under 35 students
- Effort:3-5 hours of study per week
- Format:All Online
- Model:Instructor-led
4 Courses
- Understanding the Person
- Understanding the Deeper Need
- Eliciting New Behaviors
- Promoting Organizational Wellness
DESIGNED FOR:
- Healthcare professionals
- Medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, and aides
- Physical therapists
- Chiropractors
- Wellness coaches
- Personal trainers
- Naturopaths
- Health educators and coaches
- Nutritionists
- Corporate wellness and HR professionals
HOW IT WORKS:
- Course Length:2 weeks
- Program Duration:2 months
- Class Size:Under 35 students
- Effort:3-5 hours of study per week
- Format:All Online
- Model:Instructor-led
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