“We took on three projects with Kelley students because we were beginning our strategic planning, and we wanted smart people thinking about this.” Theresa Patterson, executive director of Gennesaret Free Clinics, discusses the outcomes achieved through consulting projects with Kelley students in the Graduate Certificate in Medical Management. “Having these students invested in and knowledgeable about Gennesaret’s work is so important.”
As part of their capstone project, students in the Graduate Certificate in Medical Management provided unique insight into a common challenge within clinical pathology labs across the country. Andrea Ligler from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the IU School of Medicine shares how Kelley students provided unique perspectives in solving an ongoing issue.
Physicians are often the first to notice a problem in healthcare organizations, but they don’t always feel equipped to solve it. Francis Balucan, MD, MBA’16, used what he learned in the Physician MBA Program to lead change.
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.