Lead Behavioral Health Organizations with Herzing
Prepare to take the next step in your behavioral health career.
Develop the knowledge and skills you need to design, manage and transform high-performing behavioral health organizations and integrated care systems with Herzing University’s online Doctor of Behavioral Health – Management Track (DBH).
Fully online — complete your 54-credit doctoral degree in as few as 18 months (4.5 semesters)
Coursework infused with artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics for healthcare leadership
Applied curriculum that lets you integrate your professional work experiences into your coursework and capstone project
Capstone project builds through the program — pick your research topic early and refine it throughout your courses
Curriculum developed in collaboration with seasoned industry practitioners to help ensure workforce alignment
Develop entrepreneurship skills to help create, launch and scale healthcare initiatives
Earn Your Doctor of Behavioral Health – Management Online and Prepare for Career Growth
Are you a working professional with a graduate degree in any field who’s ready to build advanced behavioral health leadership and management capabilities? Whether you’re looking to lead organizational change, strengthen your strategic planning skills or drive systems-level transformation, Herzing’s DBH – Management Track can help you develop the skills you need to pursue your goals.
This program requires completion of a two-part capstone project. Capstone activities are woven through the curriculum from the start of your coursework. You can integrate your professional work experiences directly into your capstone project.
This program does not provide a pathway to licensure.
Upon completion of this program, you should be able to:
- Design initiatives that effectively integrate behavioral health, mental health and wellbeing within healthcare and community systems to help improve population-level health outcomes and organizational effectiveness.
- Apply current research, behavioral science and interdisciplinary knowledge to inform assessment, intervention, strategic planning, program development and system-level decision-making across diverse populations and settings.
- Demonstrate advanced leadership skills to guide teams, manage programs, influence organizational culture, evaluate system performance and drive sustainable change within complex, integrated behavioral health systems.
- Develop prevention, early intervention and resilience-focused strategies that address disparities, promote behavioral health and wellbeing and expand access to services across communities.
- Utilize program evaluation methods, data analytics, AI‑enabled tools, digital health innovations and emerging technologies to optimize service delivery, management decisions and organizational performance.
- Demonstrate ethical leadership through the integration of behavioral health knowledge, healthcare policy, regulatory standards and equity-focused practices to support culturally responsive, high-performing behavioral health systems.
What Will I Learn in the Online DBH - Management Program?
Courses in this program cover advanced skills in strategic leadership, organizational management, financial analysis, data-informed decision-making and population health approaches for behavioral health systems. You’ll study how to lead quality improvement initiatives, manage behavioral health finances, drive strategic planning and manage change.
It culminates in a two-part capstone project where you design and implement a behavioral health research project, analyze your data and present your findings to support real-world practice and organizational improvement.
Course topics include:
- Foundations of Integrated Behavioral Health
- Policy and Value-Based Care in Behavioral Health
- Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues in Integrated Healthcare
- Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care
- Medical Literacy and Clinical Communication
- Research Design and Applied Methods in Behavioral Health
- Health Equity and Stigma Reduction in Behavioral Healthcare
- Population-Based Community Behavioral Health
- Artificial Intelligence and Technology in Healthcare Innovation
- Telehealth and Digital Behavioral Health
- Behavioral Health Leadership and Operations
- Healthcare Entrepreneurship and Program Development
- Quality Improvement and Outcomes Evaluation
- Data Analytics for Healthcare Leaders
- Behavioral Health Financial Management
- Strategic Planning and Change Management in Healthcare
- Capstone I: Project Design and Implementation
- Capstone II: Data Analysis and Dissemination
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Get StartedThe Herzing Advantage
At Herzing, we want to help you build the advanced behavioral health leadership skills you need to reach your professional goals. That’s why we offer:
- Convenient online education that gives you more control over your schedule
- AI-integrated coursework and innovative healthcare technology curriculum designed to reflect the skills today’s behavioral health organizations need
- Mentorship and guidance from experienced behavioral health faculty who bring professional knowledge to your courses
Tuition & Cost
Our goal is to support your success. That’s why we are always working to improve the programs we offer, including our DBH program.
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