负责协调对提供卫生服务和计划至关重要的各种活动，卫生管理人员和政策制定者在各自行业中发挥着关键作用。卫生保健领域正在发生变化。越来越多的共识认为，要解决卫生保健质量，卫生差距和超支成本等重大问题，就需要卫生保健专业人员具备一套新的能力。需要重新设计，操作和不断改进护理系统的能力，以可靠地提供高质量，高效且以人为本的护理和基于人群的干预措施。卫生保健是一个复杂且迅速发展的领域。卫生政策与管理专业的学生将掌握所需的技能和知识，以理解与以合理的成本提供广泛的优质保健服务相关的社会挑战。HPA计划提供对健康和保健
This major helps prepare students for management and policy positions or graduate study in the field of health care. Students in the major develop the skills and knowledge needed to understand the complex societal problem of providing access to quality health care at reasonable cost. All Health Policy and Administration students complete an internship in a health-care-related setting, giving them valuable experience and contacts in the industry. HPA students study a multidisciplinary curriculum that prepares them to work as health services managers or health analysts. Health services managers, also called health care executives or health care administrators, plan, direct, and coordinate medical, health, and/or long-term care services. They might manage an entire facility or specialize in managing a specific clinical area or department, administrate a program or manage a practice for a group of providers. Health analysts are employed throughout the health care industry gathering, compiling, modeling, validating, and analyzing data needed by different organizations of providers, payers, and policy makers. Analysts help these organizations understand the current trends in the health care system and to make well-informed decisions. Both health services managers and analysts must be able to adapt to changes in health care laws, regulations, and technology. HPA students have also used the degree to prepare for graduate study in business, law, medicine or allied health fields, health administration, health services research or policy, and public health.