Trinity University HCAD Herald

What might accountable care organizations (ACOs) look like moving forward?  As ACOs continue to grow and evolve in our health care delivery system, how will pursuit of ACO models align with consolidation pressures in the health care industry?  This month's Research Spotlight post shines on a recent article by Dr. Steve Mick (Virginia Commonwealth University) and our own Dr. Patrick Shay, who together considered the question of whether the continued proliferation of ACO models may encourage health care organizations to adopt vertically integrated organizational forms. Their work, included as part of a special December issue of Medical Care Research and Review  dedicated to using organization theory to understand ACOs, applies a perspective known as Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) to explore what degree of vertical integration activity ACO forms may take.  Developed from the work of Nobel laureates Oliver Williamson and Ronald Coase, TCE focuses on the classic "make...

The Spring 2017 semester is finally underway.  After welcoming our Executive students to campus last week and then seeing them start the semester strong, we also welcomed back to the Department our On-Campus graduate students late last week.  Many of them enjoyed the winter break to relax, recharge, and reconnect with family and friends, and by the time they arrived back last Thursday, they were eager and ready to begin a fun-filled and challenging semester! The On-Campus students this spring are looking forward to a great course sequence, including coursework that addresses health economics, health care financial analysis, population health management, health care strategic planning and marketing, health care innovations, and physicians and physician relations.  The spring semester is a very busy one, with numerous highlights such as the Cleveland Clinic Case Competition in February, a community health needs assessment (CHNA) and market analysis project in early Mar...

The new year has begun, and this week we've also begun the Spring 2017 semester!  We were thrilled to welcome our Executive Program students back to campus earlier this week.  Each semester, Executive Program students travel to campus for three intensive days of classroom instruction, engagement, and professional development.  This semester, first-year Executive students began coursework in Information Technology, Managerial Accounting, and Health Care Organization Theory & Management.  Second-year students embarked on perhaps the most challenging semester of their program, with courses including Strategic Planning & Marketing, Strategic Management of Health Services, and Leadership Effectiveness. In addition to tackling these courses, students from both classes also enjoyed visits and professional development presentations by esteemed Trinity HCAD alumni, including Glenn Robinson, President at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest in Waco,...