Trinity University HCAD Herald

One of the many reasons why we are proud of our students in our graduate programs is the continued commitment they exhibit to serving and engaging in the community, breaking out of the "Trinity bubble" and developing habits of community service and engagement that define effective health care leaders.  A recent example of such engagement occurred this past weekend, when several first-year students from the on-campus graduate program participated in a local race hosted by CentroMed.  Camille Fagan, a current first-year student, contributed this account of the event for our blog: (Left to right: Students Pancho Escobedo and Dylan Darden, CentroMed President and CEO Dr. Ernesto Gomez, and student Justin Volkman) CentroMed, a non-profit community health center with over 20 locations across San Antonio, hosted a 5K/10K run fundraiser on September 24th.  The run was themed “Para Mi” and focused on keeping San Antonians active for their health, their families, and themselv...

There is so much effort and research activity occuring to better understand our health care delivery system, yet often it can seem either daunting to keep up with the latest news or extremely challenging to access recent findings from high-quality, peer-reviewed studies.  In light of this challenge, we hope to periodically shine a light on recent studies that relate to the important work being done every day in health care organizations across the U.S.  Our aim in these research entries is to regularly bring "bite-size" summaries of meaningful research to busy health care administrators, helping disseminate interesting findings and bring work outside the "ivory tower" to within the walls of health care organizations.  This month's research spotlight comes from a recently published study on the impact of employee engagement. It's a critical issue that continues to find its way into health care industry headlines and remains a key concern for health care l...

One of the most critical components of our on-campus graduate program is the administrative residency, in which young health care administration graduate students spend a full year as an administrative resident in a health care organization, learning in the practical setting under the guidance of their preceptors, the executives of those organizations.  This residency spans the final year of the program, and throughout the residency students maintain contact with their faculty reader to share with them their experiences, their insights, their challenges, and their future directions.  One way in which these perspectives are shared is through monthly journals that the residents complete and submit to the program.  Often, these journals can be thought provoking, as residents share critical lessons gained over the course of their residencies, and this year has been no exception.  The following post comes as an excerpt from one resident's recent journal entry, in which sh...

Even though September 22nd is still a couple weeks away, with the fall semester now several weeks in and Labor Day behind us, we now look at summer in the rearview mirror.  Some may think of summertime as a period of rest and relaxation for both students and those working at universities, but for the HCAD program, that's certainly not the case; this past summer was a busy and active one.  Here's a glimpse of what we were up to: Both the Executive and On-Campus programs continued their work during the summer semester, lasting roughly from mid-May through early July. Sharon Hubenak, the Director of Recruitment and Residencies, was active finalizing the recruits for the On-Campus and Executive Classes of 2018, helping prepare for the new students' arrival with various administrative and admissions details, finalizing the residency placement process for the On-Campus Class of 2017, and planning for the next academic year's recruiting efforts as well as visiting with pro...

After more than fifty years of educating and developing tomorrow's health care leaders, the Department of Health Care Administration is privileged and proud to be able to point to so many alumni who have made a difference in their organizations and communities through their service with health care organizations.  We are also incredibly proud of the numerous instances in which our alumni are recognized for their excellence, and in recent weeks we've had good reason to celebrate such instances.    Wayne Smith - Chairman and CEO of Community Health Systems (CHS) - and Joel Allison - CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health - were once again named to Modern Healthcare's list of the 100 Most Influential People in Health Care , for the 15th and 12th consecutive years, respectively.  In other news, among the six leaders nationally selected in 2016 for ACHE's prestigious Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity Program , we are proud to recognize a Trinity alum: Roxanne ...