Faculty
News:
FIU’s
Health Management Program is pleased announce that Clinical Associate
Professor, Nancy Borkowski, has been awarded the status of Fellow in the
Healthcare Financial Management Association. Dr. Borkowski is Director of
Chapman Graduate School of Business’ Health Management Programs and she is also
a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Dr. Gloria Deckard with coauthors Drs. Nancy Borkowski and Deisell Diaz recently
published their article “Improving Timeliness and Efficiency in the Referral
Process for Safety Net Providers: Application of the Lean Six Sigma Methodology”
in the Journal of Ambulatory Care
Management, 33 (2), 124-130.
Program
News:
FIU will
begin offering Graduate Certificates in Health Informatics and Management
Systems, and Healthcare Management in Spring 2011.
The
College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU)
and Southern Medical University (SMU) in Guangzhou—ranked as one of the top
medical universities in China— have
entered into an agreement for SMU’s sixth-year medical students to travel to
FIU to earn their MBA in healthcare management. The first student group will
begin their U.S. studies in Fall 2011.
Over 200
healthcare professionals recently gathered at Florida International University
(FIU) to attend the Disney Institute’s “Approach to Quality Services for
Healthcare Professionals” workshop. Hosted by the College of Business
Administration, the one-day program focused on the simple things that
healthcare professionals can do to exceed the expectations of patients,
families and visitors—actions that create loyalty to the provider.