September 30, 2014
Volume 4, No. 7
NEW MHSA PARTNERSHIP FOR LEARNING AND INNOVATION
Through Prof. Karen Kent’s HESA 511 “Managerial Concepts in Healthcare Organizations” fall semester 2014 course,
Xavier students have a unique opportunity to work with Xavier Health and its leader, Dr. Marla Phillips, on a special
project to evaluate the importance of organizational culture and its impact on safety, performance and quality. Xavier
Health works with industry leaders in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, both of which are highly
regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA intends to develop metrics to proactively identify product
quality and safety concerns that may be related to organizational culture. In particular, the focus is on how to measure a
commitment to quality compared to a commitment to cost or other things.
Our first-year students are organized into several industry groups to investigate leadership impact for a culture of quality
and safety, and to see how organizations develop comprehensive plans for ensuring safety and quality. The groups also
hope to identify methods organizations use to measure the impact of culture on the organization’s success. The groups
got underway on Friday, September 12, 2014 with a presentation by Dr. Phillips, and this will conclude during the final
weeks of the semester with group presentations. The groups are:
HEALTHCARE
John Dougan
Tara Lysne
Sammy Rawas
James Roebker
(MBA)
AUTOMOTIVE
Nicholas Fry
Landon Graham
Sadath Hussain
Yogita Pradhan
AIRLINES
Amy Kidane
Andrew Rehagen
Tom vonAhlefeld
CONSUMER
PRODUCTS
Michael Cirino
Nikki King
Ali Siddiqui
GROCERY/RETAIL
Tara Haskell
James Horne
Zachary Oglesby
FOOD/BEVERAGE/
PET PRODUCTS
Patrick Adams
Eric James
Eric Morris
Guylyn Wade
Marla Phillips works with
first year MHSA students
ALUM-N-I-C-E Our 1,524 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”.
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Charles Barnett ‘78M has announced his retirement as Executive Board Chair of Seton Healthcare Family, Austin TX effective February
2015.
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Brad Partridge ’97M is Vice President, Strategy and Decision Support, Ascension Health, St. Louis.
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Jessica Cotter ‘08M recently returned to Cincinnati from Chicago and is now Corporate Program Manager, Revenue Cycle for Mercy
Health
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Chelsea Holland ’14M is Systems & Procedures Associate at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale AZ.
Men and Women for Others: Thinkers, Inspirers, and Leaders in Health Services Administration