Tag: business of medicine

For Sarah: Physician MBA alum working to improve healthcare in memory of daughter

Posted November 5, 2021 by Teresa Mackin

For Sarah: Physician MBA alum working to improve healthcare in honor of daughter “What we’re doing to honor Sarah is, hopefully, going to translate to better care for other patients. If I walk into a room knowing that I’m equipped with the tools and knowledge to make patient care better, it’ll all be worth it.”

Radiologist transforms approach to healthcare through “life-changing” MBA

Posted August 13, 2021 by Sally Winter

Radiologist transforms approach to healthcare through “life-changing” MBA “The Kelley Physician MBA gave me the language and tools to express what I felt were the shortcomings of our healthcare system. The tools ultimately suggest their own solutions.”

How Aaron Hattaway, MD, MBA’20, is using the Physician MBA degree to lead change in healthcare, and how the program transformed his outlook on the industry.

American Association for Physician Leadership partners with Indiana University Kelley School of Business

Posted March 15, 2021 by Teresa Mackin

A new partnership between the American Association for Physician Leadership and the Indiana University Kelley School of Business aims to provide physician leaders with deeper access to business acumen that drives effective change in healthcare.

Improving healthcare: CMO uses Physician MBA to eliminate business blind spots

Posted October 22, 2020 by Sally Winter

Improving healthcare: CMO uses Physician MBA to eliminate business blind spots “Physicians know this field better than anyone else. Some of my fellow alumni have gone into policy work to help lawmakers better understand medicine. We need more physician leaders to step up and lead the U.S. in remaining a leader in medicine.”

Physician MBA grad named to 2020 Poets & Quants Best and Brightest Executive MBA list

Posted July 30, 2020 by Teresa Mackin

Physician MBA grad named to Poets & Quants Best and Brightest Executive MBA listing Congratulations to Sara Jo Grethlein, MD, MBA’20, who was named to the Poets & Quants Best & Brightest Executive MBA listing for 2020.

Cardiologist improves diagnostic testing and earns new role after MBA

Posted July 7, 2020 by Sally Winter

Cardiologist improves diagnostic testing and earns new role after MBA To learn the business side of healthcare, physicians often find themselves stepping away from their traditional pedagogy.

Emergency medicine chief uses MBA to navigate leadership, conflict and forecasting the future after COVID-19

Posted May 19, 2020 by Sally Winter

Emergency medicine chief uses MBA to navigate leadership, conflict and forecasting the future after COVID-19 There’s often a calm before the storm.

In emergency medicine, it’s just a calm before the latest storm.

CEO uses MBA lessons as hospital admits one of the first COVID cases in Indiana

Posted April 28, 2020 by Sally Winter

CEO uses MBA lessons as hospital admits one of the first COVID cases in Indiana At 12:40 am on March 9, 2020, Scott Smith, MD, MBA’20, got a call. The CEO and medical director of Adams Health Network in northeast Indiana, Dr. Smith is also an emergency medicine physician, and he was the administrator on call the night that his 25-bed, rural hospital system received one of the first COVID-19 patient admissions in Indiana.

Physician MBA using business training to form new processes, keep patients safe during COVID-19

Posted April 28, 2020 by Teresa Mackin

Physician MBA using business training to form new processes, keep patients safe during COVID-19 As an oncologist, hematologist and medical director for cancer services at IU Health’s Adult Academic Health Center and Joe & Shelly Schwarz Cancer Center, Sara Jo Grethlein, MD, MBA’20, is leading her team through the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure immunocompromised patients and all within the organization are safe.

Emergency medicine physician uses skills from MBA to introduce telemedicine prior to pandemic

Posted April 22, 2020 by Sally Winter

Emergency medicine physician uses skills from MBA to introduce telemedicine prior to pandemic Prior to the arrival of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in Indiana, Vasu Voleti, MD, MBA’19, was tackling the issue of using telehealth at her hospital system.