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100
This "elderly" phenomenon also known as the "grey tsunami" has predicted increased demands for long-term care, home care, chronic disease management, and medications.
What is the aging population?
100
In 2015, the Nova Scotia Health Authority was formed from these nine now-dissolved organizations.
What are the district health authorities?
100
This flagship 18-month graduate health management program includes a mid-program work residency, as well as options to complete a thesis or advanced certificates.
What is the Master of Health Administration (MHA)?
100
These skills facilitate interacting with others, making strong oral presentations, and preparing effective written reports.
What are communication skills?
100

These health administrators evaluate past and current government initiatives and legislation (e.g. medical assistance in dying, legalized cannabis), preparing research reports on their economic and social impacts.

What is a health policy analyst?
200
Moving away from a care model that centred on health providers, this modern healthcare paradigm  has become a strategic focus of health organizations around the world.
What is patient-centred care?
200

The NSHA executive leadership team has 11 members. How many are Dal MHA graduates?


Bonus: name them

What is 3? (Colin, Lindsay & Allan)


200
This 4-year joint program is a longstanding collaboration between the SHA and Schulich School of Law.
What is the Juris Doctor/Master of Health Administration (JD/MHA)?
200

Working cooperatively and interprofessionally, soliciting input, encouraging others, and building team commitment.

What is collaboration?
200
A relatively new discipline in healthcare, concerning with improving patient safety, satisfaction and experience, by reducing risk and errors and optimizing operations. 
What is quality management?
300
Contrary to "acute" health problems, this persistent and long-lasting type of disease has prompted reforms in primary, continuing, and community care.
What is chronic disease?
300

The IWK executive leadership team has 10 members. How many are Dal MHA graduates?

Bonus: name them

What is 3? (Jen, Mary-Ann & Krista)

300
Successful MHA applicants will have:

1) any Bachelor's degree with a B+ average

2) Two letters of reference, 

3) CV & letter of intent 

4) Minimum score of 550 on this standardized test.

What is the GMAT?
300
This branch of health administration evaluates individuals, organizations, and systems on effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability by measuring key indicators over time or against industry benchmarks.
What is performance management?
300
This branch of health administration encompasses long-term care, home care, palliative care, community care, and hospices.
What is continuing care administration?
400
This epidemic has been declared by many as a modern public health crisis, with calls for national strategies on prescription monitoring and increasing availability of naloxone kits in public places.
What is the opioid crisis?
400
This is a massive, ongoing health information initiative at the NSHA, seeking to streamline access to patient health records across the province and create interoperable information structures.
What is One-Patient-One-Record (OPOR)?
400
These 1-year, online undergraduate programs in health management and emergency health management can be taken as electives during undergraduate studies, or while working as a health professional.
What are the Diploma in Health Services Administration (DHSA) and Diploma in Emergency Health Services Management (DEHSM)?
400

This is the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time. 

What is project management?
400

These are the focus of "data-driven" health professionals seeking to improve the quality of care using electronic health records, clinical practice support, and telemedicine.

What are health information systems?
500
In order to maintain current levels of medical service, Nova Scotia must recruit this many physicians per year over the next ten years.
What is 100?
500
This quality improvement philosophy, originating in the Japanese auto industry, is being increasingly used to improve processes and find efficiencies in health organizations.
What is LEAN/Six Sigma?
500
In addition to offering advanced MHA certificates and a joint JD/MHA program, what MHA program promotes research skills and pairs students with world-class supervisors?
What is the MHA thesis.
500

This key component of both project planning and strategic planning in healthcare requires engaging stakeholders and identifying clinical champions. It is also a required MHA course.

What is change management?
500
These health administrators manage labour relations, oversee recruiting & selection processes, provide orientation, support, and performance reviews to health workforces.
What is health human resource management?
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