David Eccles School of Business MHA students recently competed in the 2017 American College of Healthcare Executives Western Regional College Bowl on April 7th taking home top honors. Twelve schools from Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah analyzed a case involving the Children’s Hospital of Orange County. The Eccles School was represented by three first-year MHA students and one first year PMBA/MHA student. Students presented their case in front of a panel of judges. Four teams advanced to the finals where they were given additional information to incorporate into their strategy. The Eccles School team ultimately took first place and brought home a check for $1,500 and a perpetual trophy engraved with the School’s name.
We wish to thank the organizations that established this competition, including Health Care Executives of Southern California, California Association of Healthcare Leaders and San Diego Organization of Healthcare Leaders. The competition was originally a California statewide competition, which began in 2015. In 2016, the University of Arizona and University of Nevada Las Vegas were invited. This year, Utah schools were invited for the first time. All competitors are graduate students currently enrolled in healthcare programs that are part of the ACHE/HCE Higher Education Network.
In additional news from the Eccles School, Jim Sheets, CEO of LDS Hospital, one of Intermountain Healthcare’s network of hospitals, has taken over as chair of the MHA Community Advisory Board. Several new members joined the MHA Community Advisory Board, including Quinn McKinna, COO Stanford Healthcare, Dan Lundergan, Executive Director, University of Utah Hospital, Alison Flynn Gafney, Greater New York Hospital Association, and Larry Hancock, Iasis Healthcare. The MHA program also added Jim Sheet and Dan Lundergan as new adjunct faculty members along with Steve Bateman, CEO, St. Marks Hospital.
Debra Scammon received a pilot grant from the University of Utah’s Consortium for Family and Health Research (C-FAHR) to explore best practices for integrating family caregivers into primary care teams for elderly patients. This work extends a three year project Scammon has had funding for from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a project entitled Taking Care of Our Parents.
Steve Walston’s textbook Healthcare Organizational Behavior and Theory, has recently been revised and the new edition is available from Health Administration Press.