Corporate Governance Conference Takes Virtual Format with New Executive Director
The new executive director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance will convene the 18th Annual Corporate Governance Institute virtually and host discussions on business in China, Securities and Exchange Commission updates and more.
Episode 69: Agile in Healthcare
Arti Pullins, CEO of Pundit Consultantz, a healthcare innovation and creative services design consultancy, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss how the healthcare industry can use Agile iterative principles commonly found in software development to become more nimble so that they can more quickly improve their quality of patient care one step at a time.
Aug 26, 2020
Networking (Even Virtually) is Still King for Career Advancement
Networking remains the best way to seek employment or advance your career, JSOM’s Career Management Center director says. And you shouldn’t postpone it because of the pandemic.The CMC offers a lot of help to get started and get better virtually.
Episode 68: Contact Tracing and Other Pandemic Data
Dr. Jonathan Teich, chief medical information officer at Boston-based InterSystems, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about data related to the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss how contact tracing and syndromic surveillance can help ameliorate the effects of the pandemic and ultimately help control it. They also discuss how streamlining the sharing of electronic health records will help improve industry efficiencies and health outcomes.
Aug 6, 2020
Business of Healthcare Podcast Episodes 1 Through 81
Below you’ll find a list of all our episodes so far. We’ve been actively producing podcasts and sharing them on all regular podcasting platforms. Going forward, we’ll be linking our podcast episodes here so you have the chance to check them out.
Episode 67: Brain Health
In this episode, host Dr. Bob Kaiser discusses brain health with Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, founder and chief director of the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas and co-founder of The BrainHealth Project. They discuss the center’s signature program, the BrainHealth® Index, as well as the healthcare industry’s imperative to transition from looking at the brain as a problem that needs fixing to looking at it as a solution that can help answer all other human problems.
Jul 20, 2020
New Initiative to Fund Jindal Young Scholars Program Scholarships
A $25,000 fundraising campaign aims to endow a scholarship for Jindal Young Scholars Program participants to attend the Jindal School. The scholarship will honor alumni and students who are blazing trails and breaking down barriers to ensure equality.
Jindal School Graduate Students Win Grant to Help Flatten the COVID-19 Curve
A JSOM team of two business analytics students won $5,000 to develop their idea to help clamp down on COVID-19 on campus and elsewhere.
Episode 66: Can Medical Debt be Abolished?
Craig Antico, co-founder and COO of RIP Medical Debt, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about medical debt — its root causes, what his nonprofit does to help people who are burdened with it and solutions for fixing the problems that cause it.
Links Discussed in Episode:
- RIP Medical Debt’s End-of-Year Report
- End Medical Debt Book
Jun 25, 2020
Episode 65: Smart Telemedicine
Host Dr. Bob Kaiser speaks with telemedicine pioneer Dr. Dan Carlin, founder and CEO of WorldClinic, for a discussion about how virtual healthcare delivery has evolved and what the future holds for it in the age of COVID-19 and smart technology.
Links Discussed in Episode:
Jun 19, 2020
Undergraduate Team Wins Real Estate Competition Despite Pandemic Challenges
The financially feasible creative thinking a team of Jindal School undergraduates used to win a real estate case competition stayed a step ahead of the COVID-19 effect on the market.
Episode 64: Dr. Vivian Lee Discusses Her New Book The Long Fix
Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD, MBA, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about her new book, The Long Fix, out May 26. Lee, a magnetic resonance imaging radiologist, is president of Health Platforms at Verily Life Sciences, an Alphabet company. Discussion topics include moving the healthcare paradigm from paying for action, also known as fee-based care, to paying for results, also known as value-based care, and how the patient can play a role as co-producer.
May 28, 2020
Episode 63: Transformational Leadership for Physicians
Dr. Christopher Hutson, EMBA’20, a graduate of the Alliance for Physician Leadership’s Healthcare Management Executive MBA program at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about why he decided to return to school after successful careers as a military officer in the United States Army and a clinical anesthesiologist. They also discuss why transformation leadership skills for physicians are more important now than ever.
May 13, 2020
Online MS in Management Science Program Offers Balance, Optimizes Options
The new MS in Management Science Online program offers students quantitative and qualitative courses — and a great deal of flexibility. Along with a balanced perspective, students gain multiple skills and learn how to adapt in many business settings.
2020 UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings
Wharton again takes the No. 1 spot in the UTD Top 100, annual North American and Worldwide rankings of the productivity of business school researchers. JSOM has measured results since 1990 and began reporting rankings in 2005.
New Online STEM Graduate Program Trains Students for In-Demand Big Data Careers
Applications are now being accepted for a new completely online MS in Business Analytics program that starts this fall. The career outlook has been excellent for past program graduates, with 92% of them finding jobs within three months of graduation.
Episode 62: Taking the Helm of a Major Pediatric Healthcare Organization
In this episode, Dr. Thomas Shanley, president and CEO of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, speaks with host Dr. Bob Kaiser about taking the organization’s helm in December 2019. Other topics include Lurie’s vision and strategy going forward, its philanthropic efforts and how the hospital is able to maintain high standards across a wide range of pediatric specialties.
Apr 28, 2020
Episode 61: The Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Revenue Cycles
Daniel Karnuta, a senior lecturer in the Organizations, Strategy and International Management Area at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser and co-host Dr. Britt Berrett to discuss how hospitals and other healthcare organizations are adjusting to the negative impacts related to their revenue cycles during the shutdowns necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 22, 2020
Adapting to Coronavirus Realities Critical to Sales Success, Marketing Profs Say
Bringing the market to customers is a new necessity for sales professionals who are using technological tools to overcome distance barriers and become more efficient in a COVID-19 world. JSOM’s sales faculty comment on the changes.
New Online Supply Chain Management Graduate Program Is Open for Applicants
The MS in Supply Chain Management is accepting applications now for a fully online program format that will begin this fall. Supply chain jobs are increasing, and those requiring a master’s degree are expected to grow by more than 13% by 2028.
Episode 60: Telemedicine during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr. Pardeep Shori, MS’19, Dr. Pardeep Shori, a family medicine physician who serves as a medical director in post-acute care management at a post-acute care management company, and regional physician consultant for a national retail pharmacy chain, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for an in-depth look at how telemedicine is being used during the COVID-19 pandemic and what implications its current use may hold for the future.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- American Telemedicine Association
- Alliance for Connected Care
- Center of Telehealth and e-Health Law
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Apr 15, 2020
Episode 59: Hospitals Are Community Pillars During Pandemic
Dan Springer, CEO of Lea Regional Medical Center (part of Community Health Systems) in Hobbs, New Mexico, joins Drs. Bob Kaiser and Britt Berrett in this special, supplemental episode. They discuss what LRMC and other hospitals have been doing to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic, the lessons they have learned during the crisis and what their leaders will be doing differently after it is over.
Apr 7, 2020
Episode 58: Forget Business as Usual — a Hospital Adapts to COVID-19
In this special supplemental episode, Matthew Troup, president and CEO of Conway (Arkansas) Regional Health System joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser and co-host . They discuss how CRHS has prepared for special emergencies, what he and his staff are learning day by day as they adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic and how these hard-earned lessons will benefit the hospital’s future.
Apr 1, 2020
Episode 57: Podcast Pivots to the Pandemic
In this special, supplemental episode, host Dr. Bob Kaiser brings back former host Dr. Britt Berrett, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas to discuss immediate plans for The Business of Healthcare Podcast. Berrett will be joining Kaiser as co-host. In future episodes, they will bring on guests to discuss how the healthcare industry is adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mar 27, 2020
Jindal School Podcast Offerings Boost Engagement in Digital Realm
Podcasts are one way the Jindal School is reaching out to business students and industry alike during these challenging social-distancing times. Three JSOM-based casts join one from UT Dallas in offering information and insights via digital audio.
Episode 56: An Interview with Dr. Pat Basu, CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Pat A. Basu, MD, MBA, a board-certified radiologist and president and CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser. They discuss, among other things, CTCA’s “Mother Standard” of care, the importance of interdisciplinary education and training in tackling complex healthcare problems, virtual health, how to simplify the healthcare industry, and maintaining high clinical standard while elevating standards related to the patient experience.
Mar 18, 2020
Episode 55: Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare
Dr. Phillip Alvelda, CEO of Brainworks, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about artificial intelligence and how the healthcare industry can use it to improve patient outcomes.
Mar 12, 2020
Autonomous Vehicles: A $4 Trillion Disruption
Cars that drive themselves will disrupt far more than the automotive industry, an engineer for a company that helps power such vehicles said at a Jindal School event presented by the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Tech Titans.
Panel Adds Insight on How Governance Boards Can Address Cybersecurity Challenges
Corporate governance panelists at a breakfast event at the Jindal School agreed that boards of directors need at least one member with technical expertise in order to understand and address cybersecurity challenges confronting businesses today.
Episode 54: How Will Gene Therapy and Editing Affect the Healthcare Industry?
Benjamin Isgur, who leads the PwC. Health Research Institute, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss the forces that will most powerfully affect the healthcare industry in 2020 and beyond, including truly disruptive medical treatments such as gene and cell therapies and genome editing.
Links:
- Top health industry issues of 2020: Will digital start to show an ROI? (PDF)
- Beyond the hype: Gene therapies require advanced capabilities to succeed after approval (PDF)
Feb 25, 2020
Episode 53: The Promise of Health Hubs
Dr. Pardeep Shori, MS’19, a family medicine physician who serves as a medical director in post-acute care management at a post-acute care management company, and regional physician consultant for a national retail pharmacy chain, visits with Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss how the expansion of CVS HealthHUBS — store-based health services and wellness products for everyday care and chronic conditions — is transforming the healthcare landscape for consumers.
Feb 5, 2020
Episode 52: Health as the North Star, with Don Taylor
Don Taylor joins Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about how the healthcare industry could better serve society if it focused more on health rather than business outcomes. A retired U.S. Air Force colonel who led a trauma hospital in Iraq in 2006, Taylor coaches, consults, teaches and speaks on leadership, healthcare policy and emerging healthcare industry disruptors. A former hospital CEO and COO, he has nearly 40 years of operational and leadership experience in the healthcare and engineering industries.
Jan 17, 2020
Jindal School Assistant Dean Awarded Congressional Veteran Commendation
The head of the Jindal School’s Career Management Center has been recognized for his service in the military and as a veteran. Assistant Dean Tom Kim earned a commendation from the Texas 26th Congressional District, where he grew up and now resides.
Importance of Private-Company Corporate Governance Discussed at IECG Breakfast
The Jindal School’s Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance hosted Jason Downing, vice chairman and U.S. leader of Deloitte Private, at an event devoted to trends at private companies. Downing discussed a recent Deloitte Private survey.
Episode 51: Digital Transformation in Healthcare — What to Expect in 2020 and Beyond
Don Woodlock, vice president at InterSystems and head of its HealthShare business unit, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a look at the healthcare industry’s current state of digital transformation and what to expect in 2020 and beyond.
Relevant links: If Air Travel Worked Like Healthcare
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
Dec 18, 2019
Episode 50: The Tensions in the Current Healthcare Coverage Landscape
The Business of Healthcare Podcast welcomes back Den Bishop, president of Holmes Murphy & Associates, an independent risk management and insurance brokerage firm. Bishop first appeared on the show in 2018 to discuss health insurance costs. In this episode, Bishop and host Dr. Bob Kaiser discuss the tensions found within the current healthcare coverage landscape against the backdrop of the 2020 presidential election cycle as well as disruptive innovation in the industry. They also discuss the consumer’s role in improving health outcomes.
Dec 4, 2019
UT Dallas Big Idea Competition Sharpens Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindsets
The annual UT Dallas Big Idea Competition awarded a service that helps applicants align their résumés to keywords in job postings the $25,000 grand prize in an event that showcased five other contenders and gave $40,000 in prizes.
Episode 49: Healthcare Reform through a Financial Lens
Physician-turned-entrepreneur Dr. Eric Bricker joins Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about healthcare reform through a financial lens. Bricker is a former internal medicine physician who co-founded Compass Professional Health Services. He sold the company to Blackstone-owned Alight Solutions then started AHealthcareZ, a healthcare finance video journal, to educate employers about the factors affecting their healthcare costs and quality. Bricker also discusses his new book, Healthcare Money Campfire Stories, which addresses in storyteller fashion how money influences healthcare and the practice of medicine.
Nov 22, 2019
2019 Scholarship Breakfast: Former Dallas Mayor Emphasizes Need for Education
Former Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings tied education to economic viability in a keynote conversation at the Jindal School’s major annual fundraiser, the Scholarship Breakfast. The event raised enough to provide scholarships for more than 40 students.
Episode 48: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Healthcare
Anthony Iacovone, CEO of BioSymetrics, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about what biomedical artificial intelligence and machine learning are and how they can be used to improve outcomes in the areas of drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and value-based care as well as reduce healthcare costs.
Nov 8, 2019
UT Dallas Conference Equips Women to Pursue Entrepreneurship
The second annual UT Dallas Women’s Summit offered interviews and inspirational keynotes from groundbreaking entrepreneurs, three rounds of business-building how-to sessions and more encouragement for women to pursue their own paths.
UT Dallas, Jindal School Featured Prominently on List of Young Innovators
A Jindal School graduate and two current students have been named to 2019NTX Inno Under 25, a list of young leaders and entrepreneurs in North Texas under the age of 25. In all, nine of the 14 honorees have UT Dallas ties.
Healthcare Panel Tackles Thorny ‘Medicare for All’
Rising healthcare costs have Congress as well as consumers more closely examining “Medicare for All” as a potential remedy, a topic the Jindal School’s Center for Healthcare Management and Leadership took up at its fall seminar recently.
Episode 47: The Various Flavors of Medicare for All
Dr. Paul Convery, a clinical professor of healthcare leadership and management in the Executive Education Area at the Naveen Jindal School of Management joins Dr. Robert Kaiser for a discussion about the various “Medicare for All” bills that have been introduced in the 116th U.S. Congress. Convery also discussed this topic as a panelist at a recent seminar — “Medicare for All: What Does it Really Mean? — presented by the Jindal School’s Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management.
Oct 22, 2019
Jindal School of Management Stands with Good Company in MBA Alumni Survey
Jindal School grads’ positive responses helped the school score highly on a Bloomberg Businessweek MBA Alumni Survey. The responses show JSOM “has made an indelible impression … in offering educational excellence,” Dean Hasan Pirkul said.
Episode 46: Digitally Connecting RNs with Healthcare Facilities
In this episode, ConnectRN executives Mike Wood and Idriz Limaj join host Dr. Bob Kaiser remotely from Boston to discuss how they are helping to solve the nursing shortage by streamlining how nurses connect with healthcare facilities to fill open shifts.
Oct 7, 2019
JSOM Internship Expo Creates Opportunities for Students and Employers
The Jindal School’s Undergraduate Internship Expo brought together 1,500 students and recruiters from more than 50 companies. The expo helped students practice networking skills, and it helped employers find students to fill internships.
Episode 45: Heroes to Healthcare
Dave Gregorio, founding partner of organizational development company ImPowerQ Associates, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss his company’s Heroes to Healthcare Mission. The apprenticeship program helps mid-level enlisted military members who have worked in healthcare fields transition to civilian careers.
Sep 25, 2019
JSOM Student Wins Marketer of the Year Award for Impactful Class Project
A Jindal School marketing student won the DFW American Marketing Association’s 2019 Collegiate Marketer of the Year Award. Shannon Cotts’ success marks the sixth time since 2012 that a JSOM student has won.
Episode 44: Dr. Marty Makary Discusses His Plan to Fix Healthcare
Bestselling author Dr. Marty Makary, MD chats with Dr. Bob Kaiser about his new book, The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care–and How to Fix It.
Sep 10, 2019
AT&T Funds STEM Learning Company Founded by Jindal School Grad Student
A Jindal School student’s startup is the first North Texas company accepted into an AT&T accelerator program.The STEM-learning company focuses on teaching kids coding, electronics and engineering in a fun way.
Episode 43: Filling Medical Staffing Gaps
Dr. John R. Mehall joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss healthcare staffing challenges. Mehall is CEO of CV Staffing Solutions. He explains how the company he founded helps solve those challenges by providing personnel to hospitals in medically underserved geographical areas with locum tenens surgeons. Mehall also founded and manages Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Associates, an independent cardiothoracic surgical group in Colorado.
Aug 23, 2019
Revamped Global Leadership MBA Program at Jindal School Now Completely Online
Starting this fall, the Jindal School’s Global Leadership MBA program is 100 percent online and has a lower tuition. These and other changes have been designed to offer easy access and versatility, as well as minimal disruption in students’ lives.
Episode 42: The Age of Healthcare Consumerism
Ken Robbins, CEO and founder of Response Mine Health, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about what customer-focused healthcare looks like in an environment where patients play a much more active role in purchasing and consuming the healthcare services they receive. They also discuss what healthcare providers can do to make the transition.
Aug 9, 2019
Episode 41: Hemp Farmer Jim Pollock and the Rise of CBD Oil
Hemp farmer Jim Pollock joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about CBD oil and tries to separate the hype from the reality — its history, explosion in popularity, path to legality and what the future holds for this controversial product.
Jul 30, 2019
Jindal School Students Use Data in Push for Poverty Solutions in Dallas
Jindal School graduate students used data analytics skills to help a nonprofit project aimed at significantly reducing childhood poverty in Dallas.The students mapped public transportation accessibility for jobs, grocery stores and medical clinics.
Episode 40: The Impact of Medical Interpretation on Healthcare
This episode features language-access experts Esther Diaz and Manuel Higginbotham. They join host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about medical interpretation and translation and its impact on the healthcare industry. Diaz is language-access advocate and co-founder of the Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators. Higginbotham is language-access manager for The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and president of TAHIT. They discuss training and certification, legal requirements, staffing issues and other complexities related to providing interpretation and translation services for patients who need access to healthcare services.
Links to websites discussed during the episode and other useful links:
- The 13th Annual TAHIT Educational Symposium (Sept. 13-14, 2019 in Houston)
- American Translators Association (Arlington, Va.)
- Metroplex Interpreters and Translators Association (Dallas-Fort Worth)
- Houston Interpreters and Translators Association
- Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Association (Austin, Tex. Location)
- National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare (Washington)
Jul 11, 2019
Episode 39: How Charities Help Patients Pay for Out-of-Pocket Prescription Costs
Dan Klein, president and CEO of Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss how the charity he helms helps underinsured people pay for out-of-pocket expenses. Prescription medications that can treat life-threatening, chronic and rare diseases are often very costly. Klein discuss how PAN has put together a robust network of patient advocacy groups to link patients with resources and support to help defray those costs.
Jun 27, 2019
Episode 38: Aligning Financial Incentives with Quality Incentives
Andrew Thorby, CEO of Care Continuity, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss the challenges the healthcare industry faces as it grapples with aligning financial incentives with quality incentives. They also discuss a LinkedIn article Thorby wrote about the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
Jun 11, 2019
Seven Dallas ISD Students Commit to UT Dallas as Jindal Young Scholars
The Jindal Young Scholars Program, an outreach initiative that helps Dallas Independent School District students prepare for college, welcomed it second cohort recently. Seven DISD students signed letters of intent to enroll at UT Dallas this fall.
Episode 37: Company Offers Fresh Way to Do Healthcare Benefits
Heidi Rasmussen, chief operating officer of freshbenies, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss her company’s innovative approaches to healthcare benefits that help consumers save money and become smarter healthcare consumers. Rasmussen, a UT Dallas alumna who earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Naveen Jindal School of Management, co-founded freshbenies with her husband, Reid.
May 24, 2019
JSOM Entrepreneurship Program Leads Enterprising Student to New Career Path
Jindal School courses, Blackstone LaunchPad mentoring, UT Dallas and other university competitions — and even failed ideas — have laid the groundwork for a rising innovator to graduate into a full-time career as an entrepreneur.
PhD Alumnus Earns Best Dissertation Award From Office of Graduate Education
A graduate from the Jindal School’s doctoral program in management science won the school’s Best Dissertation Award at the third annual Excellence in Graduate Education Award Ceremony. The campus Office of Graduate Education presented the awards.
Episode 36: Business-Savvy Nurses
Michelle Podlesni, RN, president of the National Nurses in Business Association, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about how nurses can benefit from learning business skills. They also discuss her book, UnConventional Nurse: Going from Burnout to Bliss! They also touch on ways nurses can acquire business skills, such as attending the NNBA Conference and entering the NNBA Shark Tank Competition.
May 6, 2019
Earth Day Conference Drills Into Energy Entrepreneurship
Innovative ideas in all kinds of energy, from traditional coal, gas and oil, to renewable geothermal, nuclear, solar and wind, were up for discussion at the first Earth Entrepreneurship Forum, held at UT Dallas on Earth Day.
Leadership, Debt and ‘Trumponomics’ Top Topics at IECG Conference
Headliners at JSOM’s Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance annual conference included former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and Federal Reserve Board nominee Stephen Moore.
Episode 35: Could the U.S. Government Soon Compel Healthcare Price Transparency?
Dr. John F. McCracken, director of the MS in Healthcare Leadership and Management for Physicians program at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to discuss a recent public notice by the Department of Health and Human Services that could have wide-reaching effects on pricing transparency in the healthcare industry.
Apr 23, 2019
Information Systems Conference Focuses on Collaboration and Industry Engagement
The importance of engaging with industry was one of the main themes of the Management Information Systems Academic Leadership Conference that recently brought conferees from 50 schools to the Naveen Jindal School of Management.
Second Annual EmTech Summit Scores High Marks with Gaming Aficionados
Focused on esports and gaming, the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s second annual Emerging Technologies Summit homed in on their economic viability and highlighted the launch of the UT Dallas esports program.
Cannabis Entrepreneur Plants Business Ideas Among UT Dallas Students
Cannabis and marijuana are illegal in Texas and at the federal level, but entrepreneur Robert Birnbaum said prohibition is fading away during his insider’s look at the industry recently presented by two Jindal School-based institutes.
Episode 34: An Insider’s Advice For Entering the Healthcare Management Field
Dr. Forney Fleming visits the studio for a chat with Dr. Bob Kaiser about the preparation needed to launch a career in healthcare management. Fleming, who had a successful career as an orthopedic surgeon prior to transitioning into academia, is the director of the master’s program in healthcare leadership and management at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas.
Apr 2, 2019
Episode 33: The Role of Primary-Care Physicians in Transition to Value-Based Care
Christopher Crow, an MD and executive MBA graduate of the UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management, joins Host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about the role that primary-care physicians can play in transitioning healthcare to value-based care. As co-founder and CEO of StratiFi Health and president of Catalyst Health Network, Crow has created a model for optimizing the patient-physician relationship to improve care and reduce costs.
Mar 20, 2019
Entrepreneurship Luminary Offers Advice to Students During UT Dallas Visit
“Obssesion,” VIP entrepreneur Brad Feld told students during a campus visit, is what differentiates a successful startup from one that fails. Feld is co-founder of an accelerator that backs the UT Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Episode 32: The Evolution of Telemedicine to Virtual Health
Sajid Ahmed, CEO of WISE Healthcare, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about why “telemedicine” is now better referred to as “virtual care.” And eventually “virtual care” will become, simply, “care,” Ahmed says, with technological advances such as artificial intelligence and increases in comfort levels among practitioners and patients who use them.
Mar 5, 2019
Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Capital Factory Join Forces
An agreement between the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Capital Factory marks the latest in a series of partnerships to elevate the role of UT Dallas in entrepreneur-driven economic development in North Texas and North America.
Productivity Up Worldwide, UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™ Show
The 2019 UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™ show global competition increasing, with universities in 13 countries represented in the worldwide standings. U.S. schools still dominate, but schools abroad are closing the productivity gap.
Episode 31: Massively Replicating Existing Fixes in Healthcare
Dave Chase, creator and co-founder of Health Rosetta, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser to make a provocative claim: that every big problem in healthcare already has been solved. The existing challenge, Chase says, is how to massively replicate proven solutions to reduce costs, improve quality and satisfy all constituents in the healthcare ecosystem. Chase and Kaiser discuss Healthcare Rosetta’s blueprint in achieving massive changes and the progress Chase and his team have made so far.
Feb 19, 2019
UT Dallas Seed Fund Invests in Alum’s Child-Friendly Gaming Video Platform
A gaming video platform for kids started by a JSOM online MBA graduate has gained $25,000 from the UT Dallas Seed Fund, a program that invests in technology startups founded by UTD students, faculty, staff, alumni and other program affiliates.
Episode 30: Curtailing the Effects of Social Determinants on Spiraling Healthcare Costs
Dr. Len M. Nichols, an economist, discusses his paper, “Social Determinants as Public Goods: A New Approach To Financing Key Investments iIn Healthy Communities,” with Dr. Bob Kaiser. Nichols is director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics and a professor of health policy at George Mason University. His research delves into how improving social determinants of health — factors such as economics and social conditions — can play a key role in curtailing spiraling healthcare costs.
Feb 4, 2019
Jindal School Dean Names Director of New Weitzman Institute
Jindal School Dean Hasan Pirkul has appointed Dr. Randall S. Guttery director of the new Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate. The institute has been created thanks to a generous gift from real estate icon Herb Weitzman and his wife, Donna.
Global Business Program Helps Jindal School Student with High-Speed Pursuit
A Jindal School junior who wants to become a professional race car driver believes a degree in global business will help him navigate the business side of that international occupation.
Episode 29: How Medicare Bundled Payment Initiatives Can Be Used Successfully In Commercial Healthcare Markets
Dave Terry, CEO of Boston-based Archway Health, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser, director of the master’s degree program in healthcare leadership and management for professionals at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. They discuss how healthcare payment reforms such as the bundled payment initiatives found in Medicare can fit into the commercial healthcare market to drive down costs while improving patient outcomes. Archway Health recently published a white paper in partnership with the Health Care Transformation Taskforce that explains the 10 elements essential to a bundled payment contract.
Jan 24, 2019
Episode 28: How To Become a More Effective Healthcare Consumer
Dr. Robert Kaiser, director of the master’s degree program in healthcare leadership and management for professionals at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, interviews Leslie D. Michelson, chairman and CEO of Private Health Management. They discuss key points from Michelson’s book, The Patient’s Playbook, in which he outlines how patients can best navigate today’s complex and expensive healthcare system by taking matters into their own hands and becoming more effective healthcare consumers.
Jan 7, 2019
Jindal School Students Gain Consulting Experience in Collaborative Class Project
Jindal School graduate students in the Entrepreneurial Experience class served as consultants to a technology consulting company looking for fresh ideas that could transform its business model and lay the foundation for future growth.
Jindal School Accounting Team Takes Second Place in Case Competition
Jindal School accounting students placed second in the annual Grant Thornton Metroplex Case Competition with an advisory plan for a fictional furniture and imported goods retailer laboring to stay in business.
Episode 27: Market-Based Models in Healthcare
Host Dr. Bob Kaiser converses with guest Dr. Rita Numerof, founder and CEO of St. Louis-based Numerof and Associates, about the transition from fee-for-service to market-based models in healthcare. They also discuss healthcare disruptors such as the partnerships between Amazon- JPMorgan Chase-Berkshire Hathaway, CVS-Aetna and Walgreens Humana.
Dec 17, 2018
Experts Explain How North Texas Can Become Epicenter of Fintech Disruption
New financial technologies — fintech — are reordering the financial services industry. Professionals schooled in the changes made a case for Dallas and the surrounding region’s competitive advantage at a recent NTX Disruptors event at JSOM.
Jindal School Researcher Joins Theoretical With Practical to Help Businesses
Jindal School Professor Özalp Özer brings theoretical and practical research to his efforts to help businesses solve their problems. This approach often leads to answers — as well as new research avenues to explore.
Episode 26: The “Human Factors” Approach to Redesigning and Improving Healthcare Delivery
In this episode, Dr. C. Adam Probst, Director of Human Factors Clinical Operations for the Baylor Scott & White Health Corporate Office of Patient Safety in Dallas, joins Dr. Bob Kaiser, director of the master’s degree program in healthcare leadership and management for professionals at the Naveen Jindal School of Management to discuss how cognitive engineering is used in in healthcare.
The way people arrive at and use health processes, procedures and results are key components of cognitive engineering, the “human factors” approach, to medicine. Probst and Kaiser discuss how Probst analyzes and acts on human factors to improve the design of healthcare delivery.
Dec 4, 2018
Students Demonstrate High Level of Preparation at UT Dallas Big Idea Competition
The 12th annual UT Dallas Big Idea Competition featured eight teams who vied for $60,000 in prizes before a full house in the ATEC Lecture Hall. Teams competed before a panel of seven judges who included Netflix TV star and entrepreneur Tan France.
Real Estate Luminaries Bestow Legacy Gift on Jindal School
North Texas real estate icon Herb Weitzman and his wife, Donna, have given the Jindal School a $3 million gift that will be used to established the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate. The gift was announced at JSOM’s Scholarship Breakfast.
Episode 25: How Cognitive Computing Can Break Down Silos Between Healthcare Providers and Payers
In this episode, host Dr. Bob Kaiser, director of the master’s degree program in healthcare leadership and management for professionals at the Naveen Jindal School of Management chats with Joan Butters, co-founder and CEO of Xsolis, a healthcare technology firm based in Nashville, Tenn.
Inefficiencies in information sharing between healthcare providers and payers are one of the major problems driving high costs in the industry. Butters and Kaiser discuss the roles that high-tech tools such as cognitive computing, artificial intelligence and data analytics can play in breaking down those silos.
Nov 19, 2018
Healthcare Seminar Focuses on Challenges of Reining in Healthcare Costs
The Jindal School’s Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management addressed rising healthcare costs at a recent fall seminar. Dr. Forney Fleming, Dr. John McCracken and Don Taylor discussed reform resistance and new concepts and models for change.
$3 Million Gift Establishes Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate at JSOM
North Texas real estate luminaries Donna and Herb Weitzman have given the Jindal School a $3 million gift that will establish the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate. JSOM Dean Hasan Pirkul announced the gift at the Scholarship Breakfast.
Episode 24: Health Insurance Costs, Part 2
In Part One of this two-part series about spiraling healthcare costs, Dr. Britt Berrett and Den Bishop, president of Holmes Murphy, discussed ways to get a handle on spiraling healthcare costs from the perspective of the healthcare insurance industry. In Part Two, they tackle Medicare and consider the idea of a single-payer-for-all system.
Nov 2, 2018
Episode 23: Health Insurance Costs, Part 1
Dr. Britt Berrett speaks with Den Bishop, president of Holmes Murphy, for a two-part series on spiraling healthcare costs. Bishop leads a Dallas-based consulting firm that connects employers with cost-effective, custom-built health insurance plans. In part one, Berrett and Bishop discuss ways to get a handle on spiraling healthcare costs from the perspective of the healthcare insurance industry.
Oct 23, 2018
Financial Accounting Standards Board Member Brings Accounting to Life
Jindal School students got a career-highlight opportunity to meet and interact with a financial reporting “deep thinker” when Financial Accounting Standards Board member Christine Botosan spoke at JSOM on FASB’s operations and current projects.
Space-Age Themed MBA Conferences Dock at Jindal School
Two conferences the Jindal School recently hosted to look at the future of MBA programs explored rapid changes in business, technology and students that require rethinking commerce, work and what people need from higher education.
UT Dallas Undergrads Earn Scholarships for Exemplifying Entrepreneurial Spirit
Three UT Dallas undergraduates will each pick up a $15,000 scholarship from the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation at a Nov. 1 luncheon, where business entrepreneurship, resourcefulness and leadership will be lauded.
Episode 22: A Look at the Chaotic and Complex Healthcare Insurance Industry
Dr. Robert Kaiser, director of the MS is Healthcare Leadership and Management program for professionals at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, joins Dr. Britt Berrett for a discussion about the chaotic and complex healthcare insurance industry. Kaiser recently joined the Jindal School faculty after 12 years as Senior Vice President at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He co-founded the company’s Health Benefit Solutions division, an integrated offering within Merrill Lynch retirement services that is focused on healthcare and longevity. In this episode, he offers a look at that industry from an insider’s perspective.
Sep 24, 2018
