Upsilon Phi Delta
Encyclopedia
Upsilon Phi Delta is the national academic
honor society
for students in healthcare administration
in the United States
. The organization was formed in 1965 to further the profession of health administration
and the professional competence and dedication of its members. It is administered by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration
.
The name of the society is derived from the Greek
words for "health," "care," and "administration." Its official colors are crimson red
and cobalt blue
and its official flower is the rose
.
Academia
Academia is the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research.-Etymology:The word comes from the akademeia in ancient Greece. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning...
honor society
Honor society
In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America...
for students in healthcare administration
Health administration
Health administration or healthcare administration is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of hospitals, hospital networks, health care systems, and public health systems...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The organization was formed in 1965 to further the profession of health administration
Health administration
Health administration or healthcare administration is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of hospitals, hospital networks, health care systems, and public health systems...
and the professional competence and dedication of its members. It is administered by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration
Association of University Programs in Health Administration
The Association of University Programs in Health Administration is a non-profit organization of university-based educational programs, faculty, practitioners, and health care provider organizations....
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The name of the society is derived from the Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
words for "health," "care," and "administration." Its official colors are crimson red
Crimson
Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color. It is originally the color of the dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now also used as a generic term for those slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose; besides crimson itself, these colors include...
and cobalt blue
Cobalt blue
Cobalt blue is a cool, slightly desaturated blue color, historically made using cobalt salts of alumina. It is used in certain ceramics and painting; the different cobalt pigment smalt, based on silica, is more often used directly in tinted transparent glasses...
and its official flower is the rose
Rose
A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...
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