March 26, 2013
Volume 2, No. 28
XAVIER’S IPE FACULTY GOING NATIONAL
Dr. Rick Browne, our undergraduate BSHSA director, and other Xavier faculty who earned the master trainer designation for
IPE (interprofessional education) at the TeamSTEPPS event in San Antonio last fall will be traveling to Murray State University in
Murray KY to present at the “Collaborative Learning and Unlimited Excellence” (CLUE) Conference scheduled for April 4-6, 2013.
Our XU faculty will be sharing how they’ve used TeamSTEPPS with the IPE course that is underway this semester for students in
our health professions departments.
TeamSTEPPS stands for “Team Strategies & Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety” and is a teamwork system
developed by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to improve
communication and teamwork skills among healthcare professionals.
XAVIER’S SPRING 2013 IPE COURSE
The new IPE course for Xavier’s health professions students is underway for its initial time this spring 2013 semester and at the
midpoint the faculty involved met to review how things have gone so far and to do some “performance improvement” thinking.
The initial weeks of the course involved emphasizing the four “Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Competency Domains”
(values/ethics, roles/responsibilities, communication, teamwork) and aspects of the TeamSTEPPS training (team structure,
leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support, communication). The later weeks will involve simulation experiences using the
computerized simulation labs in the School of Nursing. Naturally, the course will continue to improve the more times it’s offered.
Our first-year MHSA students take the course during the spring semester and none of our students take it during the fall
semester.
ALUM-N-I-C-E
Our 1,448 Graduate Alumni are the pride and joy of Xavier and our HSA Department. We applaud your achievements and
commitment to the highest quests in health services administration, we hold you up as models for our students to emulate, and
we happily claim you as “ours”. Celebrate with us this alumni news:
• Clare Haar ’77 is Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport NY after having served as CEO of both
Inter-Community Hospital and Lockport Memorial Hospital, the merging entities that created Eastern Niagara Hospital.
She will also be a residency preceptor for 2013-14 for one of our students.
• Congratulations to R. Lynn Wilson ’77 on the publication of his book, EXPLORING GREAT LEADERSHIP: A PRACTICAL
LOOK FROM THE INSIDE
• Paul Hiltz ’83 is Interim Chief Executive Officer of Community Health Partners, Springfield/Cincinnati OH while remaining
President of Mercy Health Select, Cincinnati
• Michael Quaranta ’93 is the Executive Director of Oncology Services for Christ Hospital, Cincinnati
• Kermit Randa ’93 is the Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Vitera Healthcare
• Yousuf Ahmad, PhD ’99, Divisional SVP and Chief Network Transformation Officer for Mercy Health in Cincinnati, has
won the “Tomorrows Leaders” Award from the Catholic Health Association of the USA by being recognized as someone
who “…will guide our ministry in the future”.
• Meghan L. Yeager ’08 is the Claims Administrator for Yale New Haven Health System in New Haven CT.
• Bill Konecny ’10 has been promoted to Operations Manager at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (formerly
known as University Hospital)
(NOTE: there will be no HERALD next week due to the Easter break)
Men and Women for Others: Thinkers, Inspirers, and Leaders in Health Services Administration