title: The Doctor of Health Administration: an educational innovation for healthcare executives.
abstract: This article describes the development and implementation of an innovative doctoral program designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of healthcare executives. The program is a Doctor of Health Administration (D.H.A.) Degree with a specific focus on leadership. This sets the program at the Medical University of South Carolina apart from all others in being the first D.H.A. offered in the United States and the only program at the time to place its primary emphasis on leadership.
authors.affiliation: Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership, Medical University of South Carolina, Dept of Health Administration, Charleston 29425, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D017144:Focus Groups; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007857:Leadership; D017145:Models, Educational; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011361:Professional Competence; D016730:Program Development; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013022:South Carolina