Healthcare Management Primer

This primer was written by students enrolled in HMP 721.01, Management of Health Care Organizations, in the Health Management & Policy Program, College of Health and Human Services, University of New Hampshire. This course was taught by Professor Mark Bonica in Fall 2017

Increasing Cultural Participation: An Audience Development Planning Handbook for Presenters, Producers and Their Collaborators

Looks at how people-centered strategies for building public participation in high-quality arts programs can help institutions of varied disciplines and sizes to diversify, broaden, and deepen relationships with their communities

Centers for Agriculture Safety and Health - 2016-2021: projects and contact information

"The overarching mission of these NIOSH Agricultural Centers is to disseminate evidence-based best work and safety practices to key stakeholders, including underrepresented and vulnerable subpopulations. The Centers work with farmers, labor contractors, farmworkers, policymakers, local and regional government representatives and agencies, agribusinesses, nonprofit organizations, unions, and others that have a stake in improving the health and safety of farmers and farmworkers. Materials and programs are developed to be culturally, linguistically and educationally tailored to each group. Communication and partnerships between the Centers and key stakeholders in the agricultural community are promoted via meetings, social and traditional media. The dissemination of research findings and policy recommendations are provided through professional publications and presentations, worker trainings, educational publications and videos, and other media outlets. Investigators and colleagues at other agricultural health and safety centers actively collaborate to share findings." - NIOSHTIC-2NIOSHTIC no. 20054908Centers-for-Agriculture-Safety-and-Health-Projects.pdfCentral States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH) -- Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (GPCAH) -- High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (HICAHS) -- National Children\u2019s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) -- Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety (NEC) -- Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (PNASH) -- Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention (SCAHIP) -- Southeastern and Coastal Center for Agricultural Safety and Health -- Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention & Education (SWAG) -- Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH) -- Western Center for Agricultural Health & Safety (WCAHS)2018Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U54-OH-007550Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U54-OH-008085Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U54-OH-011230Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U54-OH-007548Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U54-OH-007547Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U54-OH-010170Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U54-OH-010162Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U54-OH-007542Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U54-OH-007541Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U54-OH-007544Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U54-OH-0095681158

Cracking the Code on Stem: A People Strategy for Nevada\u27s Economy

Nevada has in place a plausible economic diversification strategy—and it’s beginning to work. Now, the state and its regions need to craft a people strategy. Specifically, the state needs to boost the number of Nevadans who possess at least some postsecondary training in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or math—the so-called “STEM” disciplines (to which some leaders add arts and design to make it “STEAM”). The moment is urgent—and only heightened by the projected worker needs of Tesla Motors’ planned “gigafactory” for lithium-ion batteries in Storey County. Even before the recent Tesla commitment, a number of the more high-tech industry sectors targeted by the state’s new economic diversification strategy had begun to deliver significant growth. Most notable in fast-growing sectors like Business IT Ecosystems (as defined by the Governor’s Office for Economic Development) and large sectors like Health and Medical Services, this growth has begun to increase the demand in Nevada for workers with at least a modicum of postsecondary training in one or more STE M discipline. However, there is a problem. Even though many available opportunities require no more than the right community college certificate, insufficient numbers of Nevadans have pursued even a little STEM training. As a result, too few Nevadans are ready to participate in the state’s emerging STEM economy. The upshot: Without concerted action to prepare more Nevadans for jobs in STEM-intensive fields, skills shortages could limit growth in the state’s most promising target industries and Nevadans could miss out on employment that offers superior paths to opportunity and advancement. Which is the challenge this report addresses: Aimed at focusing the state at a critical moment, this analysis speaks to Nevada’s STEM challenge by providing a new assessment of Nevada’s STEM economy and labor market as well as a review of actions that leaders throughout the state—whether in the public, private, civic, or philanthropic sectors—can take to develop a workforce capable of supporting continued growth through economic diversification

Technology Enabled Social Responsibility Projects and an Empirical Test of CSR\u27s Impact on Firm Performance

Multinational firms publish annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports to signal to stakeholders they are ‘doing better by doing good.’ However, many firms have not effectively integrated technology with CSR to generate impactful long-term solutions. The era of mindful consumption is about creating hi-tech opportunities to satisfy consumers as well as limit resource use. In this research we examine how CSR is revolutionized by technology. We present research based on in-depth conversations with experts and illustrative case studies on how AI is disrupting the world of CSR. Specifically, we examine how the latest technologies in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are changing perspectives on CSR for countries, industries, firms, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). We present an extended stakeholder framework to display the way technology is fundamentally changing how international business is conducted. This research also quantitatively examines the financial impact that CSR has on tangible returns for multinational enterprises (MNEs). Through the lens of institutional theory, we examine which industries CSR and sustainability yield the most beneficial returns over time

Improving Health and Efficiency With Strategic Social Media Use in Health Organizations: A Critical Review of the Status Quo

The emergence of social networking systems as mainstream applications and an inherent element of daily life is a phenomenon observed throughout the world as the worldwide social media users exceeds 2.7 billion. Similar to other sectors, healthcare organizations have also started benefiting from social media in distinct ways such as collecting feedback, educating, communicating and supporting patients and citizens. Social networks can act as remarkable channels for healthcare providers, governmental institutions, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and others to educate, communicate to, listen, connect to and engage existing and potential customers, patients, physicians and healthcare professionals. Despite the various benefits offered, health institutions, health professionals and stakeholders are reluctant to utilize social media due to several barriers and lack of expertise. This chapter aims to provide a better understanding on the ways healthcare companies can utilize social networks in detail to overcome use barriers and obtain related benefits

Measuring the Impacts of Social Media on Advancing Public Transit

This project is a collaboration between Portland State University (PSU) and the Center for Infrastructure Transportation & Environment (CITE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seeking to develop performance measures for assessing the impacts of social media on promoting public transit. Revolutionary changes have occurred in the communication landscape, and there has been a rapid diffusion of social media use as a means of communicating transit information to the public. Significant resources are being directed to the use of social media in communication, yet little effort exists that measures the impacts of these popular vehicles of communication. Rarely studied is the role of social media in achieving the overarching goals of advancing the mission of transit agencies through increasing recruitment and retention of transit riders; increasing resources and customer satisfaction; addressing system issues, performance efficiency and effectiveness; and improving employee productivity and morale. There is a need to measure the impacts of social media and account for the cost effectiveness of its wide use as a means of communication in public transit agencies. This research intends to extend understanding about whether investments in social media tools effectively achieve their intended purposes. The goal of this project is to identify social media-related measures for public transit agencies that can comprehensively capture the impacts of social media use on agency performance. This project will rely on a review of the research and practice literature to document findings in other fields on performance measures used to assess the impacts of social media. Best practices will be identified. A survey of a random sample of public transit agencies nationwide will target identifying performance measures currently used to document impacts. Gaps will be identified. Investigators will compare and contrast measures used in transit agencies and other fields and identify a list of performance measures that are most effective for transit agencies

Managerial Challenges in Addressing HIV/AIDS: Gujarat State AIDS Control Society (GSACS)

The spread of HIV/AIDS is not merely a problem of public health; it is also an economic, political, and social challenge that threatens to hinder decades of progress in different parts of Gujarat. There is an urgent need to significantly scale-up public health interventions that work to make a meaningful impact. While NGOs and community based organizations have a critical role to play in implementing these interventions amongst the various population groups, the government must shoulder the overall responsibility for planning, coordinating, mobilizing, and facilitating the various HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment services in the state. Generally, the departments of HIV/AIDS are dominated by doctor-managers who lack training in management. This working paper was developed with objective of enhancing the skills of the program implementers. In this paper, in first three chapters we describe the overall situation of HIV/AIDS globally and nationally. Major challenges in managing sentinel surveillance, behavior surveillance, targeted interventions and its subcomponents have been described in chapter four. Issues related to integration of HIV/AIDS activities with reproductive health has also been discussed in the chapter. In chapter five, we present a few case studies from Gujarat State AIDS Control Society. These cases focus on the managerial issues in the following areas: Project Management, Blood Bank Management, VCTC/ICTC Management, Behavioral Surveillance and MIS for Targeted Interventions. These case studies bring out the ground level realities and can help participants develop insights for better management of the HIV/AIDS programme.

Interactions 2011

In each issue of Interactions, the School’s annual magazine you will find stories about students, faculty and alumni from each of our disciplines. Learn about the ways our students, faculty and alumni are impacting their communities through health care outreach. Read about their research and how they are contributing to advances in patient care. Meet our Alumni of the Year and get to know our faculty.https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/interactions/1002/thumbnail.jp