Jindal School Professor Awarded for Outstanding Contributions to Information Systems Discipline
The Association for Information Systems has recognized a faculty member in the Naveen Jindal School of Management with the AIS Fellow Award. Sumit Sarkar Dr. Sumit Sarkar, Charles and Nancy Davidson Chair, Professor of Information Systems and director of the Jindal School’s PhD Programs was selected by the AIS for having “made outstanding contributions to […]
IITNT Conference Benefits JSOM, UT Dallas Community
One of the advantages of attending The University of Texas at Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management is the multitude of opportunities students are afforded to build and expand their professional networks beyond the campus limits and into the greater community. One such opportunity was presented recently when the Indian Institute of Technology Alumni Association […]
JSOM Honor Society Wins National, Regional Awards
Students from the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s Chi Psi chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity won two awards this semester for their work in implementing community service and professional development programs. The national organization, in existence since 1907, includes members of the business community, college students and university alumni, faculty and […]
Jindal School Students Pack Nearly 23,000 Meals for the People of Ukraine
Students from the Naveen Jindal School of Management recently participated in a meal-packing event that will feed nearly 23,000 people in war-ravaged Ukraine. The event, held Oct. 31 in the Executive Dining Room at the Jindal School, was organized by students from the Social Impact Marketing (MKT4360) course and Numana, an international hunger-relief nonprofit organization […]
2022 Scholarship Breakfast: Former Dallas ISD Superintendent Discusses Educational Innovation
Incrementalism is innovation’s worst enemy. That was the primary takeaway of a presentation delivered by former Dallas Independent School District superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa at the 2022 Scholarship Breakfast, the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s premiere fundraising event. Michael Hinojosa “You don’t need continuous improvement,” he said. “You need quantum improvement.” Hinojosa said that the […]
Jindal School Student’s Research Optimizes Post-Disaster Recovery
A study conducted by a student in the Naveen Jindal School of Management proposes utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to optimize efficiency in managing post-disaster operations. Mohammad Amin Farzaneh Mohammad Amin Farzaneh, a third-year student in the Management Science PhD program with an Operations Management Concentration, and his co-authors shed new light on how the […]
Finance Graduate Student at the Jindal School Awarded Scholarship from Women’s Organization
A graduate student in the Naveen Jindal School of Management is one of six winners of a scholarship offered by a nonprofit organization that helps women thrive in the commercial real estate finance profession. Riddhima Agarwal Riddhima Agarwal, a student in the Master of Science in Finance (STEM) program, is one of six winners of […]
Jindal School Study Reveals Less Political Polarity Than Previously Thought
A study conducted by a research team that includes a Naveen Jindal School of Management faculty member and an alumnus from The University of Texas at Dallas offers hope to people who fear that society has become too politically polarized. Alejandro Zentner The paper — “Is the Partisan Divide Real? Polarization in Preferences for Redistribution” […]
New Executive MS in Management Science Degree Offers Flexibility
The Executive Education Area in the Naveen Jindal School of Management has brought together multiple online Executive MBA programs and Executive Masters programs — including a new master’s in Management Science degree — under one umbrella. The newly restructured Global Leadership Programs allow students greater flexibility and the opportunity to connect and engage with a […]
UT Dallas Alumna Tops Off College Career with Competition Win
Sarah Romanko An alumna from The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management capped her college career by winning a gold medal at the 2022 SkillsUSA Championships. Sarah Romanko, BS’22, took first place in the Job Interview Category of the College/Postsecondary Career Competition Events. Romanko graduated summa cum laude this May with […]
Jindal School No. 4 in Graduate Supply Chain Program Ranking
The Master of Science in Supply Chain Management STEM program at the Naveen Jindal School of Management has been ranked No. 4 among North American universities by Gartner, a technological research and consulting firm. Gartner announced its 2022 biennial graduate rankings during a July 14 webinar. The Jindal School jumped seven slots from No. 11 […]
Jindal School Supply Chain Undergraduate Program Cracks Top 10
Students presented this past April at the first Undergraduate Supply Chain Competition at UTD which Monica Brussolo organized and Jindal School faculty members judged. A new ranking shows that the bachelor’s degree program in Supply Chain Management at the Naveen Jindal School of Management is one of the top undergraduate programs in North America. Gartner’s […]
Jindal School Alumna Among DBJ’s 40 Under 40 2022 Honorees
Dental-Practice Owner Learned Business-Integrity Lessons from Jindal School Sara Mahmood The Dallas Business Journal has named an alumna of the Naveen Jindal School of Management among its 40 Under 40 2022 honorees. Sara Mahmood, BS’11, MS’16, was selected for the award at age 32 for being the founder and owner of brush365, a dental practice […]
Jindal School Event Stresses Importance of Sustainable Business
The inaugural Global Sustainability Experience concluded on Earth Day with two webinars, two workshops and a student pitch competition.
Jindal School Atrium Named to Recognize ECLAT Foundation
Dean Pirkul and ECLAT board members officially open the ECLAT Foundation Atrium. The Education Changing Lives and Times (ECLAT) Foundation, a Dallas-based nonprofit organization that was created to provide scholarships and other educational opportunities to Chinese, Taiwanese and Asian American students, will provide funds to complete a $1 million endowment to the Naveen Jindal School […]
Jindal School MBA Programs Ranked Among Top 10 Public Schools
The Naveen Jindal School of Management reached several noteworthy new milestones in the 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Business Schools Rankings— including its first time in the top 30 among U.S. business schools and first time in the top 10 among U.S. public schools. The Jindal School’s Full-Time MBA Program comes […]
New Jindal School Doctoral Degree Gives Edge to C-Suite Aspirants
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved a new doctoral program that will be offered this fall for the first time at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program will be geared toward senior managers and executives who want to learn advanced research methodologies that can help them […]
2022 UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™
The 2022 UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™ were released March 15. The 18th installment of the UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™ was released March 15 with some familiar names at the top of the list. The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania maintains its No. 1 position in both the […]
Entrepreneurship Meets Sustainability in Jindal School Webinar
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations The Naveen Jindal School of Management kicked off its inaugural 2022 Sustainability Competition with a webinar that focused on how innovation and entrepreneurship can be applied to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to help solve sustainability problems. The competition is a collaboration of the Sustainable […]
JSOM Alumna Wins DBJ’s 2022 Leaders in Diversity Award
The Dallas Business Journal has selected Naveen Jindal School of Management alumna Lisa M. Ong, MS’14, as one of its 2022 Leaders in Diversity Awards honorees.
Series of Life Events Leads JSOM Grad Student to Entrepreneurship
A graduate student at the Naveen Jindal School of Management looks forward to a promising future in entrepreneurship, having recently won three competitions — and taking home $40,000 in cash and prizes in the process.
Jindal School Dean and Long-Time Professor Honored by Academic Society
INFORMS Information Systems Society has honored Dean Hasan Pirkul and Dr. Sumit Sarkar with its inaugural awards for service. Pirkul started the society’s annual conference, and Sarkar helped grow its Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems.
Celanese CEO Shares Her Leadership Experiences at Scholarship Breakfast
Celanese CEO Lori Ryerkerk spoke about top leadership skills and her leadership experiences at JSOM’s major annual fundraiser, which raised more than $100,000 for scholarship this year and topped $1 million in total giving.
Pitch Competition Showcases Burgeoning Startup Scene in North Texas
Entrepreneurs vied for more than $400,000 in prize money at the annual UT Dallas Big Idea Competition. Guest speakers Anurag Jain and Ross Perot Jr. were on hand as winners were announced in student, alumni and research commercialization categories.
UT Dallas Institute Wins Education Award for Program for Middle-School Girls
The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has won a specialty education award from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers for efforts to introduce middle-school girls to STEM-based and entrepreneurial careers.
Jindal School Conference Prepares Board Members to Expect the Unexpected
The annual Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance conference had a “Homecoming” theme because the in-person event convened on campus. Presentations focused on preparing for pandemic-related and other disruptions common today.
New Undergraduate Business Analytics Program Builds Data-Driven Expertise
A new STEM-designated undergraduate program in business analytics that requires twice the technical and analytical coursework as similar programs at other universities is preparing students to step into in-demand analytics roles.
Episode 91: The Role of Rural Hospitals in the U.S. Healthcare System
Jon Doolittle, MS’21, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a look into the role rural hospitals play in the U.S. healthcare system. Doolittle is president of Mosaic Medical Center in Albany, Missouri, a town with a population of less than 2,000.
Creativity, Flexibility and Caring Help Accounting Professor Earn Awards
Technology know-how and mentoring, online community building and constant, responsive student engagement led to an Outstanding Accounting Educator of the Year Award for a veteran JSOM faculty member, the fourth to earn this honor.
Jindal School Webinar Highlights Business Sustainability Strategies
Conservation, rethinking consumption and reducing the carbon footprint were three tactics speakers at a recent Sustainable Global Business Initiative webinar mentioned in discussing their companies’ sustainability strategies.
JSOM Researchers Win Best Paper Award for Lifesaving Sepsis-Alert System
A study focused on early detection and better care of sepsis using a data-driven, personalized alert system that also considers caregiver behavior has earned a trio of Jindal School researchers a best paper award.
Real Estate Event Describes Evolving Industry Pre- and Post-Pandemic
A symposium hosted by the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate featured a Federal Reserve expert and explored the DFW economy in general and commercial real estate in particular, with key takeaways on the accelerated pace of change.
Two Accounting Students Credit Scholarships for Changing Their Lives
Two merit-based scholarship recipients reflect on their Public Company Accountability Oversight Board awards and their own accountability efforts.
PhD Video Competition Helps Budding Researchers Better Reach General Audiences
An annual video competition helps Jindal School PhD candidates distill their research and explain it in terms a general audience can understand — while also preparing them for the job market.
Jindal School Inaugurates Undergraduate Deans Conference
The Jindal School recently held a new conference convening assistant and associate deans of undergraduate business school programs. More than 80 universities were represented, and the deans discussed ways to improve programs and student experiences.
Bass Conference Provides Forum for Stimulating Exchange of Marketing Ideas
The Bass Conference is an annual academic gathering focused on research in marketing. The conference honors the late Frank M. Bass, a professor who established marketing as a quantitative science and fostered a research culture at the Jindal School.
Leadership Workshop Series Designed for JSOM Real Estate Students
A roundtable for real estate students is being hosted by commercial real estate VIP Herb Weitzman, eponym and benefactor of the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate at the Jindal School.
Jindal School Places Among Elite Schools in Online Rankings
New U.S. News & World Report rankings show the Jindal School in the top 10 among online MBA and master’s in business programs. JSOM also scored highly in online specialty rankings for business analytics, finance, marketing and general management.
Researchers Develop Algorithm That Adjusts for Bias in Healthcare Data Sets
Award-winning research by Jindal School faculty members shows the value of a bias-aware algorithm that can address and adjust for vulnerabilities in healthcare data.
Jindal School Student’s Organizational Efforts Lead to National Office
When a Jindal School business administration student did not find a favorite club on campus, she decided to start a UTD chapter. Once the group was operational, she ran for national office and got elected president.
2020 Scholarship Breakfast: Businesses Play Key Role in Advancing Social Change
Scholarship Breakfast keynote speaker Fred Perpall, CEO of The Beck Group, talked about the need for business to help bring about social change. The Jindal School fundraiser raised $109,000, the most ever for the annual event.
Local Service Club Serves Jindal School Students in Need
Ten Jindal School students will get scholarships next spring thanks to the largesse of the Dallas Indian Lions Club, which also donated enough groceries to feed 400 students. Because many members are JSOM alums, the club has strong ties to UT Dallas.
Alumnae Earn Women in Business Awards
Two Dallas Business Journal Women in Business Award winners are Jindal School alumnae whose initial connection to the school came in certificate programs. They enrolled to improve their professional credentials and enhance their careers.
Episode 71: An Inside Look at an Organ Procurement Organization
Patti Niles, president and CEO of Dallas-based Southwest Transplant Alliance, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a look into how organ procurement organizations operate.
Links discussed:
- Donate Life Texas: https://www.donatelifetexas.org/
- The Joint Commission: https://www.jointcommission.org/
Sep 25, 2020
Episode 70: Fee-For-Service — The Accidental Healthcare System
Dr. Brad Spellberg, chief medical officer at LAC+USC Medical Center and medical director of biosciences for Los Angeles County, joins host Dr. Bob Kaiser for a discussion about Spellberg’s new book, Broken, Bankrupt, and Dying: How to Solve the Great American Healthcare Rip-off. They discuss how U.S. healthcare evolved into a fee-for-service system and how to change it for the better.
Sep 22, 2020
Jindal School Students Earn Scholar Award for ‘Rolling with the Punches’
Three Jindal School students have been named recipients of $15,000 Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation Scholarships.The students as well as the foundation have had to make pandemic-related adjustments to doing business.
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 Dr. 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
