Our fabulous early spring news is that U.S. News and World Report has ranked our MHA program #3 in the country - our highest ranking ever! Credit for this accomplishment must be given broadly, to our faculty and staff for sure, but also to our students for their hard work and enthusiasm and our alumni. While the U.S. News and World Report ranking was for our MHA program specifically, clearly it not only reflects the quality of our other two degrees (the MSHA and the PhD), it also enhances their reputations -- a good thing all around! But we as pleased as we are with our ranking, we are not content. We have more improvements in mind.
The Department of Health Administration presented a program called “Leaders on Leadership” to our students and guests on March 31. The program was sponsored by the School of Allied Health Professions in cooperation with the Division of Internal Medicine in the VCU School of Medicine. The three speakers were Richard Bracken (MHA ’77), recently retired Chairman and CEO of Nashville-based HCA, Jeff Dorsey (MHA ’73), retired President and CEO of HCA’s Continental Division/CEO of HealthOne, and Jess Judy (MHA ’77) and Senior Vice President of Provider Relations for Lifepoint Hospitals. The three speakers talked about the essential characteristics of good leaders and the challenges they face, drawing upon their more than 100 years of combined leadership experience.