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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 in 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

Supply Chain Programs at Jindal School Rank Well in Latest Gartner Analysis

JSOM’s MS in Supply Chain Management program advanced from No. 10 to No. 9 in Gartner Inc.’s list of the Top 25 North American Graduate Supply Chain Programs. The program has moved up steadily since making the list at No. 16 in 2014.

Episode 21: Healthcare: To Ration or Not to Ration?

Dr. Britt Berrett discusses whether we have reached that critical juncture in healthcare at which rationing is now a necessity. If so, how do we make the tough decisions to implement such a drastic measure?

Sep 12, 2018

Professional Sales Concentration Prepares Students with Real-World Scenarios

Jindal School sales students launched the fall with a Speed Sell competition followed by a presentation from renowned sales expert and author Mark Hunter. Events like these reinforce classroom teachings and introduce students to potential employers.

Four Dallas ISD Academic Stars Get Full Ride to Attend Jindal School

Four seniors who graduated from Dallas Independent School District high schools have literally signed up to become the inaugural cohort of The University of Texas at Dallas’ Jindal Young Scholars Program.

JSOM Senior Wins $5K Scholarship

JSOM senior Rachel McKenna won a $5,000 scholarship from the charitable arm of Ascend, a Pan-Asian professional organization. A leader in the UT Dallas Ascend chapter, McKenna will use the money to help fund her graduate studies in accounting.

New Service Requirement Readies JSOM Students for Community Engagement

Starting this fall, all Jindal School undergraduates must complete 100 hours of community service in order to graduate. JSOM is launching this initiative to produce well-rounded citizens who know how to engage with and give back to society.

Crafting the perfect beer is a big business in Texas

UT Dallas course gives insights into the business and innovations of craft breweries in Texas.

Wharton School Professor Warns Management Researchers To Stay Relevant

Speaking at the 2018 Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference that the Jindal School hosted, a Wharton School professor advised business school researchers to produce knowledge that leads to better business, a better world or both.

Episode 20: Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Top Healthcare Talent During Physician Shortage

In this episode, Bob Collins, managing partner of The Medicus Firm, joins host Jimmie Markham and co-host Dr. Britt Berrett to discuss the challenges associated with the increasing physician shortage and the strategies recruiting companies use to hire and retain top healthcare talent.

Jul 12, 2018

Episode 19: Dr. Britt Berrett Appears on KLIF Radio Show “Leading the Way”

In this special episode, Dr. Britt Berrett makes a guest appearance on “Leading the Way,” a live interview show on KLIF 570-AM during which business leaders discuss their secrets for creating cultures of high performance and success. Berrett discusses his journey to success, including:

What he learned both in his first job and as a midnight-shift hospital administrator
The two life experiences that caused him to become involved in healthcare,
His top two mentors,
The most significant experience that developed his skills as a leader,
The best advice he would give to the next generation of healthcare leaders,

And much, much more.

Jul 3, 2018

Seminar Focuses On How Blockchain Can Deliver Consumer Trust

The Jindal School’s Center for Finance Strategy Innovation and IBM partnered in a seminar that studied how the food and pharmaceutical industries can use the technology of blockchain to help make their supply chains more transparent and more secure.

Financial Executives International Honor Late JSOM Professor with Scholarship

A new Jindal School scholarship funded by the Dallas chapter of Financial Executives International honors the late Dr. Constantine Konstans, a former chapter president and founder of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance.

Episode 18: Educational Requirements To Pursue a Healthcare Management Career

Dr. Britt Berrett interviews healthcare management major Meagan McDonald, a student at the Naveen Jindal School of Management who is pursuing a fast-track program that will earn her both a BS in Healthcare Management and an MS in Healthcare Leadership and Management in five years. They discuss the educational requirements needed to succeed as an administrator in the healthcare industry today.

Jun 22, 2018

Jindal School Announces Fellowship at CFSI

The Center for Finance Strategy Innovation at the Naveen Jindal School of Management has appointed Rodney J. Thomas III to an Encore Fellowship, Thomas, a former IBM business unit executive, will promote the center’s visibility and programs.

Episode 17: Mark Madden on Soft Skills Healthcare Leaders Need

Host Jimmie Markham, communications manager for the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas, welcomes Mark Madden to the show. Madden is executive vice president and managing principal of Cejka Executive Search.

They discuss the leadership soft skills needed to thrive at various career levels in the healthcare industry today. Madden offers advice to entry-level and midlevel administrators as well as C-suite executives on the building blocks they need to be successful.

Jun 1, 2018

Jindal School Symposium Focuses on Innovation in Project Management

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President and CEO Robert S. Kaplan spoke on key challenges facing the U.S. economy at the 12th Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium. Kaplan and more than 30 other speakers explored innovation and disruptive change

Dallas ISD Students Commit to UT Dallas and the Jindal School on ‘Signing Day’

Four seniors from the Dallas ISD became the initial cohort of the Jindal Young Scholars Program on May 4, 2018 when they visited UT Dallas for “Signing Day” activities in which they committed to enroll in the Jindal School of Management.

Jindal, Jonsson Students Partner with AT&T to Develop Healthcare Business Plans

Graduate students in JSOM’s Entrepreneurial Experience course this spring engaged with partnering company AT&T to offer healthcare solutions in the “internet of things” realm. The students created ideas that both built on and protected patient data.

Episode 16: Telemedicine Could Become the Future of Acute Care

WellVia Chief Technology Officer Peyton Reaves joins Britt Berrett to discuss telemedicine. Proponents of this healthcare model, through which patients can contact a physician via phone, website, video chat or app, believe that it is the future of acute care.

Reaves and Berrett talk about the details, including how technology solves the problem of clogged emergency rooms, whether telemedicine will move into specialty medicine and chronic care, and how WellVia cleared the regulatory hurdles put in place for remote-care practitioners.

May 7, 2018

Emerging Technologies Summit Showcases AI, Blockchain and Fintech Innovations

Don Tapscott, a leader in spotting digital innovation’s impact, headlined at the Emerging Technologies Summit at UT Dallas. The summit included experts in artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.

OWLIE Awards Recognize Exceptional Service to Jindal School

The fourth annual OWLIE Awards swooped down on the Davidson Auditorium on April 17 to recognize students, faculty, staff and alumni for their exceptional service to the Naveen Jindal School of Management.

Jindal School Team Wins Texas Shoot-Out Real Estate Case Competition

A team of Jindal School graduate students recently won first place and $6,000 in the Texas Shoot-Out Real Estate Case Challenge by creating a revitalization plan for property adjacent to the DART rail Farmers Branch Station.

Robot Creator Builds Buzz for EmTech Summit

UT Dallas alumnus Dr. David Hanson, CEO of Hanson Robotics, envisioned a future filled with artificial intelligence technology and benevolent robots when he visited campus in a preview event in advance of the Emerging Technologies Summit.

Episode 15: What is the Future of Healthcare?

Host Dr. Keith Thurgood discusses the future of healthcare with guest Dr. John McCracken, the program director of the Alliance for Physician Leadership, an educational partnership between UT Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center based at the Naveen Jindal School of Management.

The program trains practicing physicians in the business practices needed to lead healthcare change in a volatile industry. Thurgood and McCracken discuss the implications of the switch from fee-based to value-based medicine, how long that transition might take and the disruptions that could make for a rocky transition.

Mar 19, 2018

Research Productivity on the Rise, Latest Rankings From Jindal School Show

The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania held onto the No. 1 spot in the 2018 UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™. But the standings on faculty research productivity also show increasing competition among other schools.

Episode 14: Mabu the Healthcare Robot

Mabu, the personal healthcare companion robot, makes an appearance in this episode via her creator, Cory Kidd, founder and CEO of Catalia Health. Guest host Keith Thurgood, director of the Jindal School’s MS in Healthcare Leadership and Management for Professionals program, asks Kidd about healthcare challenges related to cost and quality associated with chronic-disease care management and how Catalia’s unique artificial intelligence solution addresses them.

Mar 5, 2018

Company Owned by Jindal School Alumnus Wins Startup Competition

A Jindal School alum’s startup won the $33K grand prize in a competition that recognized an innovative idea in the company’s product for improving patient safety, expediting medical label printing and integrating with electronic record keeping.

New Program at the Jindal School Advances Free-Enterprise Education

A new Jindal School program, the Colloquium for the Advancement of Free-Enterprise Education — CAFÉ — is teaching its first cohort of 18 student fellows the foundations of economic freedom and the function of ownership rights.

Episode 13: Apps, Pricing Transparency and Sigma Six for Healthcare

Dr. Britt Berrett interviews David Toomey, senior vice president of Sharecare’s enterprise division. They talk about how Sharecare’s digital solutions and other technology can put more information into healthcare consumer hands. They also discuss how pricing transparency and Six Sigma in healthcare knowledge and processes will empower consumers and employers, and transform the healthcare industry by reducing costs and improving quality.

Feb 20, 2018

Alumna’s Diversity Lecture Discusses ‘Moving the Needle’ of Inclusion

Creating a corporate culture of inclusion starts with ‘tone at the top’ and recognizes, too, that employees have many identities, JSOM alumna Beth Gerwe, MS’91, an inclusion leader for Deloitte Tax LLP in Dallas, said in her Diversity Series lecture.

Episode 12: VUCA and the Bitter Pill

Dr. Britt Berrett and guest Dr. Keith Thurgood, director of the Executive MS in Healthcare Leadership and Management (for professionals) at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas, discuss leadership concepts that Thurgood utilized while serving as a major general in the U.S. Army. Thurgood relates those concepts to healthcare leadership and describes how best to apply them to the industry.

Feb 7, 2018

Ribbon-Cuttings Honor Jindal School Supporters with Named Rooms

The Jindal School Career Management Center celebrated strong relationships with key corporate supporters GEICO and Enterprise last fall with ribbon-cuttings for rooms named in each company’s honor.

Episode 11: Innovative Healthcare Solutions — Getting From Bench to Bedside

In the first episode of 2018, Dr. Britt Berrett interviews Peter Baek, MD, CEO and founder of Vigilant Labels, a business that expedites required syringe labeling — to the patient’s advantage. Baek discusses the problem he faced as a practicing anesthesiologist and how he arrived at his innovative solution.

He also explains how his MS degree in Healthcare Leadership and Management (for physicians) from the Executive Education program at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas helped him launch his business.

Jan 19, 2018

New Program at Jindal School Helps Star Students from Dallas ISD Shine Brighter

The Jindal Young Scholars Program, a new partnership between the Naveen Jindal School of Management and the Dallas Independent School District, gives students at five DISD high schools opportunities to boost their chances of postsecondary success.

Alum Succeeds by Drawing on Experiences as Student and Pro Baseball Player

Cybercrime fighter Mike Knox credits strength in his current role to two seemingly different experiences: years as a pitcher in the New York Yankees minor league system and years as a finance student in the Jindal School.

Jindal School Competitions Showcase Student Sales Talent

Students in Jindal School Pro Sales Concentration courses compete frequently to improve. One of the favorite events for them and for corporate executives alike is the UTD Pro Sales Challenge,a three-part two-round test of advanced students’ skills.

Sales Enablement Society Announces Gift, Partnership with UT Dallas

The Sales Enablement Society has given the Center for Professional Sales a gift of $60,000 that will fund research and pay expenses. JSOM Dean Hasan Pirkul says he will match the gift from SES, a professional organization, to create an endowment.

Episode 10: Interview with Dr. Jason Wolf of the Beryl Institute

In this episode, Dr. Britt Berrett welcomes Dr. Jason Wolf of The Beryl Institute to discuss the patient experience, defined by Wolf’s organization as the sum of all interactions, shaped by an organization’s culture, that influence patient perceptions across the continuum of care.

Berrett and Wolf talk about the success that the Beryl Institute has had in creating what Wolf describes as “a global community of practice dedicated to improving the patient experience through collaboration and shared knowledge.” Wolf also offers advice to future healthcare leaders on how to succeed in the industry.

Dec 12, 2017

Big Ideas Abound at UT Dallas Startup Pitch Competition

UT Dallas innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives moved forward in many memorable ways in 2017. A renamed pitch competition, a new startup facility, higher rankings, evolving campus collaborations and more were all invigorating change agents .

Episode 9: Dr. Marilyn Moon on Pricing Transparency

Dr. Marilyn Moon joins Dr. Britt Berrett in today’s episode. Dr. Moon is an institute fellow at Washington-based American Institutes for Research. She is the former chair at the Maryland Healthcare Commission, where she headed up a pricing transparency project that ultimately became WearTheCost.org.

The website provides consumers in the State of Maryland with cost and quality information related to various elective procedures so that they can make better-informed healthcare decisions. Both passionate advocates for healthcare reform, especially as it relates to consumer information, Moon and Berrett discuss the website, Altarum (AIR’s partner in developing WearTheCost.org) and the direction in which pricing transparency is headed.

Dec 1, 2017

Mentoring Course at Jindal School Now Offers Training Certificate

A Jindal School course that teaches leadership, management and communication skills to aspiring mentors now offers mentor training certification to those students who successfully complete the class.

Episode 8: Dr. Jim Rickards and Oregon’s Coordinated Care Model

Dr. Jim Rickards joins Dr. Britt Berrett for this episode, in which they discuss Rickards’ recently published book, Our Health Plan: Community Governed Healthcare That Works (New York: Morgan James Publishing: 2017).

Rickards, a radiologist who earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine, also holds an MBA from Oregon Health and Science University. He is the senior medical director at Moda Health in Portland, Oregon. He was a pioneer in developing the Coordinated Care Model for the state of Oregon as a new way to deliver healthcare services to its nearly 1.1 million Medicaid members.

Nov 14, 2017

UT System Chancellor: Success Achieved Only Through Multidirectional Team Effort

UT System Chancellor William H. McRaven called for more input, collaboration and communication at all levels of business in a keynote speech at the Jindal School’s Scholarship Breakfast. Proceeds from the annual fundraiser will fund 40 scholarships.

Episode 7: Applying Kotter’s Eight Steps to Healthcare

In the episode this week, Dr. Britt Berrett applies the eight-step change management model found in John P. Kotter’s international best-selling book Leading Change to a healthcare organization.

Nov 2, 2017

Jindal Marketing Students Reap Success in Google Marketing Challenge

Coordinating their online marketing campaign with gardeners’ spring planting research sowed seeds of success for a Jindal School team that helped the National Gardening Association in the 2017 Google Online Marketing Challenge.

Healthcare Seminar Focuses on Ways Employers Drive Down Costs

The Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management focused on employers’ options for providing affordable healthcare insurance at an Oct. 4 event that analyzed rising costs,discussed waste-reduction ideas and looked at a “closed network” of care.

Episode 6: A Graduate Student and Her Professor Discuss Healthcare

This week Dr. Britt Berrett turns hosting duties over to Dr. Keith Thurgood, a Jindal School faculty member. Thurgood interviews Sahar Kuzbari, a graduate student enrolled in the program that he directs, the Executive Master of Science in Healthcare Leadership and Management for Professionals). Thurgood and Kuzbari discuss leadership and its role in driving the future of the industry. They also discuss details of the cohort program and speak about its professional benefits, which include:

Insights gained through round-table discussions with fellow healthcare professionals who are enrolled in the program and who provide differing, real-world perspectives from various industry sectors,
Case studies that equip students with practical tools that they can implement in their workplaces immediately, and
A collaborative learning environment in which student professionals interact with faculty members and other industry experts.

Oct 16, 2017

Episode 5: Onsite Visit at Texas Health Allen

In this week’s special episode, Dr. Britt Berrett and graduate students from the Healthcare Leadership and Management program visit Texas Health Presbyterian in Allen, Texas. Berrett interviews Jared Shelton, who discusses leadership lessons and the changes he made when he was hired as president of the hospital. Shelton helped change his facility from a subpar hospital with unhappy physicians into a well-known healthcare provider with more satisfied employees. This podcast goes over some of the key struggles of running a hospital — in Shelton’s case, as one of the youngest hospital presidents in the country.

Shelton suggests that aspiring healthcare leaders join and become actively involved with the following organizations:

Oct 2, 2017

Blockchain Conference Offers Glimpse into the Internet of Value

The Center for Finance Strategy and Innovation at the Jindal School delves into the business potential of blockchain technology at a conference featuring Toyota Research Institute CFO and head of mobility services Chris Ballinger.

Episode 4: Preparing for a Healthcare Leadership Position

This week’s episode features guest Dr. Keith Thurgood, director of the Executive MS in Healthcare Leadership and Management for Professionals at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. Thurgood and host Dr. Britt Berrett discusses the advantages of obtaining a graduate degree for mid-career healthcare professionals who want to advance to executive positions and be able to make an immediate difference.

Sep 15, 2017

Episode 3: An Interview with Healthcare Industry Leader J.R. Thomas

In this week’s episode, host Britt Berrett chats with J.R. Thomas, a successful leader in the healthcare industry. Thomas, former CEO of MedSynergies and current co-managing partner at healthcare advisory company Thomas Marshall Group, LLC , talks about how he got into healthcare and what he did to help him become successful.

Thomas goes over the costs of starting up in the healthcare industry and tells how his banking background helped him succeed in launching his company. Thomas and Berrett discuss challenges in the healthcare industry and what Thomas thinks are the best way to overcome them. Finally, Thomas goes over some leadership tips and styles that have helped him throughout his years in healthcare.

Aug 23, 2017

Episode 2: Dynamic and Growing Challenges

In this week’s podcast, host Britt Berrett explores the evolution of leadership theory and how it relates to the dynamic and growing challenges in the $3 trillion healthcare industry. He discusses advances in technology that allow for advances in medicine and better communication between physicians and patients. The internet allows patients to easily access a wealth of information, helping them better understand and manage their care and health.

Berrett also discusses problems associated with varying costs of healthcare services, depending on the individual and the location — and the physician providing the service.

Aug 21, 2017

Episode 1: Bending History

In this week’s introductory episode, host Britt Berrett talks about how the healthcare industry has changed drastically in recent years. He discusses the implications of those changes for the future of healthcare in America, how the affordable healthcare act (Obamacare) has changed healthcare and what healthcare leaders have done since this change. He provides insight into the changes in healthcare over the past century, what breakthroughs we will be able to see in our lifetime and what advances are needed.

Aug 11, 2017

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