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Gloria Valdez, a student in the Health Administration MBA program at the University of Colorado Denver, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Bachrach Family Scholarship for Excellence in Healthcare Administration. Read more about Gloria and the scholarship here . Congratulations to Gloria!
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All AUPHA graduate program members are eligible to use the Health Administration Management Centralized Application Service ( HAMPCAS ) free of charge. Sign up today to help ensure your graduate program is on the radar of applicants by emailing Nathan Kelley at nkelley@aupha.org . HAMPCAS is designed to simplify the application experience for students while easing administrative burdens for universities. Using HAMPCAS, students can browse universities and apply to multiple programs by completing just one application. For data on student application numbers and demographics, please review AUPHA's most recent Annual Report .
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We were sorry to hear about the passing of long-time AUPHA member, Joel Lee . Our thoughts and condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
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The Saint Louis University Department of Health Management and Policy hosted an executive leadership series event titled " Community-Focused & Financially-Stressed: A CEO's View on Leading Non-Profit Health Care in 2024 ." We were honored to be joined by leadership from the Hospital Sisters Health System, including Damond W. Boatwright, MHA, MHS, FACHE, President & CEO, and Rachelle Barina, PhD, HEC-C, MA, Senior Vice President and Chief Mission Officer.
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If you missed the Senior Living and Services Leadership Perspectives webinar or the Innovation and Leadership in Health Systems and Hospitals with Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) and Atrium Health webinar, both of which were offered in February, you can find them on AUPHA’s Webinar Recordings Open Access Page .
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There is still time to submit your application for The Glandon Family Scholarship for Advancement of Healthcare Management Education . Applicants must be full-time faculty members of an AUPHA program. Completed applications must be received by April 3, 2024 , 11:59PM (Pacific time). If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact Lena Dixon at ldixon@aupha.org .
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Submissions are now being accepted for AUPHA's Doctoral Student Essay Competition. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top three essays, as well as the opportunity to present them at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida. AUPHA will also provide complimentary Doctoral Student Registration to the Annual Meeting, two hotel nights at the Marriott Hotel; $500.00 to cover airfare; and $300 for incidental costs. Download the AUPHA Doctoral Student Essay Competition Information Sheet , containing eligibility requirements and a link to the submission form. The deadline to submit essays is March 25, 2024 . Please forward this information to eligible ...
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Thank you to all programs who completed AUPHA’s 2022-2023 Annual Survey ! Over 170 of AUPHA’s member programs provided data, resulting in an overall response rate of 68%. An analysis of the collected data will be published in this year’s Annual Report. AUPHA has collected data in a streamlined survey with fewer than 30 questions since 2020. Data analysis from past surveys can be found in the AUPHA Annual Report from the corresponding year. Raw, de-identified data sets are available to AUPHA members for academic uses via AUPHA’s Data Warehouse .
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Join AUPHA on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 3:00PM Eastern time for a webinar featuring innovation in ambulatory care and practice management. This session, co-hosted by AUPHA Corporate Partner MGMA, features a panel of leaders in industry, moderated by Cristian Lieneck, PhD, FACMPE, FACHE, FAHM, CPHIMS, Texas State University. Panelists include: Donna Duval, CMPE, FACMPE, Vice President, AllCare Provider Services; Shannon Lockrem, Director of Operations, University HealthCare Alliance; Miku Sodhi, MBBs, MHA, PCHM, CCE, FACMPE, Assistant Director for Health Services, Santa Cruz County; and Natalia Szczygiel, MHSA, FACMPE, Vice President ...
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The Art of Teaching Institute has a portfolio of courses designed to help Healthcare Management faculty hone their skills in the classroom. Courses provide instruction, activities, and readings directly related to teaching within the field of Health Administration. Courses offered through June are as follows: Sunday, March 24, 2024 : Inclusive Excellence and Belonging: Creating and Sustaining an Environment in Which All Learners Thrive Offered in person at the Hyatt Regency Chicago April 2024 : Team-Based Learning Offered in three synchronous lunchtime sessions on Fridays, April 5, 12, and 19, with asynchronous work ...
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Visit AUPHA’s 2024 Annual Meeting website to learn more about this year’s program. In addition to the many exciting keynotes and educational sessions, the Annual Meeting includes a pre-conference keynote panel moderated by Lisa Mallory, PhD, MBA, President and CEO of N.A.H.S.E. and a keynote presentation by Sue Lehrman, MPH, PhD, Rowan University. Additional ticketed events are also offered, including an Art of Teaching Institute course , a Leadership Academy course , a Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation site visit , and a Sunset Cruise on the Harbor . Contact Jason Walker at jwalker@aupha.org if you have any questions regarding ...
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AUPHA is pleased to once again present the Academic Program and Practitioner Workshop during ACHE Congress. The 2024 Academic Program and Practitioner Workshop will be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 7:00 - 11:15AM Eastern Time, and includes a keynote address by Andy Shin, JD, MPH, MBA , and panels moderated by Carla Jackie Sampson, PhD, MBA, FACHE, New York University, and Kevin Broom, PhD, MBA, University of Pittsburgh. Thanks to the generosity of AUPHA’s Corporate Partner, the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), individuals who register and attend the full Academic Program and ...
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The ‘Not So Magic’ Magic of Strategic Planning Since my earliest days as an academic at Saint Louis University (SLU), I’ve been a student, a user, and a proponent of strategic planning. I had two early mentors for strategic planning - Drs. Rick Kurz and Barbara Arrington - that I credit with giving me deep appreciation of, respect for, and belief in robust strategic planning. I took that passion for academic strategic planning with me from SLU to Rush, and then Memphis, and Iowa. At all four places, I am certain we were more successful with solid strategic plans than we would have been without them. While most organizations and teams will ...
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From Overwhelmed to Overdrive: Transforming Work into Joy in Higher Education Congratulations on making it through the holidays! Hopefully, your New Year's resolutions are still going strong. If you are like me, you are probably feeling a bit overwhelmed by the tasks that have piled up this semester! Perhaps I was lulled into a false sense of security by the beginning of the semester and the renewed hope that comes with a new year, making all things seem possible. However, I now find myself overwhelmed with deadlines: research, service, grading, and countless other commitments. As a self-proclaimed procrastinator, I was avoiding the tasks ...
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We were sorry to hear about the passing of long-time AUPHA member, Joel Lee . Our thoughts and condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
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All AUPHA graduate program members are eligible to use the Health Administration Management Centralized Application Service ( HAMPCAS ) free of charge. Sign up today to help ensure your graduate program is on the radar of applicants by emailing Nathan Kelley at nkelley@aupha.org . HAMPCAS is designed to simplify the application experience for students while easing administrative burdens for universities. Using HAMPCAS, students can browse universities and apply to multiple programs by completing just one application. For data on student application numbers and demographics, please review AUPHA's most recent Annual Report .
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The Saint Louis University Department of Health Management and Policy hosted an executive leadership series event titled " Community-Focused & Financially-Stressed: A CEO's View on Leading Non-Profit Health Care in 2024 ." We were honored to be joined by leadership from the Hospital Sisters Health System, including Damond W. Boatwright, MHA, MHS, FACHE, President & CEO, and Rachelle Barina, PhD, HEC-C, MA, Senior Vice President and Chief Mission Officer.
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There is still time to submit your application for The Glandon Family Scholarship for Advancement of Healthcare Management Education . Applicants must be full-time faculty members of an AUPHA program. Completed applications must be received by April 3, 2024 , 11:59PM (Pacific time). If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact Lena Dixon at ldixon@aupha.org .
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Submissions are now being accepted for AUPHA's Doctoral Student Essay Competition. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top three essays, as well as the opportunity to present them at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida. Download the AUPHA Doctoral Student Essay Competition Information Sheet , containing eligibility requirements and a link to the submission form. The deadline to submit essays is March 25, 2024 . Please forward this information to eligible students in your doctoral health administration program. If you have any questions, contact Lena Dixon, Executive Assistant, at ldixon@aupha.org.
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Thank you to all programs who completed AUPHA’s 2022-2023 Annual Survey ! Over 170 of AUPHA’s member programs provided data, resulting in an overall response rate of 68%. An analysis of the collected data will be published in this year’s Annual Report. AUPHA has collected data in a streamlined survey with fewer than 30 questions since 2020. Data analysis from past surveys can be found in the AUPHA Annual Report from the corresponding year. Raw, de-identified data sets are available to AUPHA members for academic uses via AUPHA’s Data Warehouse .
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