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You Spoke, We Listened and Acted

Earlier this year the AUPHA Board conducted six separate focus groups with AUPHA member program directors. On each call at least two AUPHA Board members had the opportunity to hear directly from members about how we are doing and what you’d like us to do in the future. The following is a synopsis of what we heard: The first question...

A Few Thoughts on AUPHA's Leadership Transition

Since the public announcement of my planned resignation went out on Friday I have received so many wonderful calls and emails from members and colleagues wishing me luck and expressing their appreciation for my leadership of AUPHA over the years. It has been tremendously heartwarming to know that my work has been recognized and valued. I have never doubted that the work...

Post Election Call to Action

It seems almost anti-climactic that after all of the lead-up to and hype about the election election it is now over and there hasn't been a cataclysmic shift in life as we know it. In fact, what the election results said most loudly was "ok, enough waiting around, get on with it!" At least that's what it said to those of us that teach healthcare management. While we...

Registration Open -- 2013 Study Tour of the UK Health System

THE HEALTH SYSTEM OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 2013 STUDY TOUR June 2-8, 2013 London, England Join AUPHA, your colleagues and fellow faculty and students as we explore the health system of the United Kingdom and the NHS. According to the...

Online Education in Healthcare Management—What Does it Mean for AUPHA?

Since I arrived at AUPHA in the mid-1990’s, there have been conversations about online programs offering degrees in healthcare management and what that meant for the field. In the early days, online programs were viewed as proprietary competitors taking market share from traditional, face-to-face programs in their local markets. There was a general sense among accreditors...

Dutch Health System study tour - Tuesday

Global Healthcare Management Faculty Forum

This is reposted with permission from Leonard Friedman's Health Management Education blog. Tuesday morning was focused entirely on meetings with representatives from the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. We were met by Annemarieke Taal and Paul Thewissen who took us through the organization, financing and delivery of health services in...

Dutch Study Tour, Day 1

Global Healthcare Management Faculty Forum

This is reposted with permission from Leonard Friedman's Health Management Education blog. Our travels today took us to two very different hospitals. Our first stop was to the VU (Free University) Medical Cente r . We met Dr. Fokke Rakers, Director of Real Estate for the hospital. They are one of a handful of academic health centers in the Netherlands....

A Championship Team

Here in Washington right now we’re all wondering if we finally have a championship team. We have three contenders in different phases of their season. The Capitals are going for the Stanley Cup (and by the time this publishes their fate will be sealed, but as of this writing, they have a shot.) Meanwhile, the Nationals sit atop the National League with a record of 15-9....

Call for Committee Volunteers

Looking for ways to become more engaged with your Association? Hoping to meet more of your colleagues throughout the field? Seeking ways to increase your service outside of your University? Have we got an opportunity for you! AUPHA is now seeking nominations for its numerous committees and advisory groups. Involvement on an AUPHA Committee is the fastest...

2012 Dutch Study Tour--Reserve your Space Today!

A Tour of the Dutch Healthcare System June 24-29, 2012 AUPHA, in partnership with The Decision Group announces a 5-day study tour of the Dutch healthcare system. The purpose of this tour is to provide AUPHA members and stakeholders with new ways to think about specific health management and policy issues by interacting with experts...

Program Benchmarking Coming Soon

As Peter has shared in his column, the AUPHA Board and Staff have been hard at work moving a number of initiatives forward. One of these is an area of activity that we’ve titled “Defining the Field.” Within that area of work are two distinct projects. The first is one I detailed in the Fall 2011 Exchange—Defining a Body of Knowledge for Healthcare Management Education....

2011 Undergraduate Workshop Exceeds Expectations

Earlier this month, more that sixty faculty came together in Birmingham, Alabama to share their expertise in undergraduate education in healthcare management. This meeting was the sixth time that the undergraduate faculty have engaged in a workshop designed to provide them a space to address the unique issues and opportunities faced by this sector of our membership. Participants...

AUPHA Conducts First Practitioner Focus Group at Studer Group TYYO

As part of our strategic effort to identify ways to bring our programs/faculty and the field of practice closer together, AUPHA has partnered with The Studer Group to conduct a series of focus groups with CEOs and senior managers that attend the monthly Taking You and Your Organiation to the Next Level (TYYO) Seminars. The purpose of these focus groups is to learn from...

Building the Body of Knowledge

The Exchange

Among the three strategic initiatives that have been identified by the AUPHA Board for prioritization in the next three years is an effort that we have named "Defining the Field." This initiative will encompass several distinct areas of focus, the most immediate of which is the development of a Body of Knowledge for the field of healthcare management education. Many...

HIT Curriculum Under Development

AUPHA has just completed the first year of the Health Information Management, Systems, Technology & Analysis project which it has undertaken through a grant from the Health Information Management & Systems Society. In 2010, AUPHA was awarded a $225,000 grant to support a three-year effort to develop a curriculum in HIT for use in our healthcare management programs....