Ushering in a new era of transparency, Federal rules now mandate that hospitals provide detailed pricing information for common services. However, the presentation of this data is often limited to large, sprawling spreadsheets that are inaccessible to many consumers. This spring, through its annual Case Competition, the Business School Alliance for Health Management (BAHM) challenged 7 graduate student teams to tackle this issue and translate confusing medical pricing information into a comprehensive, comprehensible, customer-facing solution.   Read more

The Business School Alumni Network (BSAN) is fully engaged and contributing to student success. CU Denver Business School alumni recently shared their insights with students in the classroom. Mason Kolbe (MBA ’18), Annie Rose Hill (BSBA ’19) and Tyghe Boone-Worthman (MS/MBA ’15) spoke candidly with students about their own challenges when in college and answered student questions regarding best practices for success.  Read more

The Business School welcomed CU Denver alum and healthcare leader Rulon Stacey as the new director of graduate programs in health administration on January 1, 2020. Stacey, who has a BS in economics and a masters in health administration from Brigham Young University, is no stranger to Colorado. He received his PhD in public administration from CU Denver’s Graduate School of Public Affairs and served as CEO of Fort Collins’ Poudre Valley Health System, which during his tenure received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—a recognition established by Congress to commend U.S.  Read more

With 42 percent of hospitals in the US adopting the telehealth system, telehealth has become quite the hot topic in the information technology (IT) healthcare industry. Four Health Administration MBA and MS Health Administration students turned a class project on telehealth into a published research paper on physicians’ empowerment and satisfaction through a collaboration with the Computer Science and Information Systems PhD program.  Read more

In 1999, DaVita, then known as Total Renal Care, restructured itself to come back from the brink of bankruptcy. Kent Thiry, newly tapped as the organization’s CEO, played a pivotal role in turning the company around. Nineteen years later, DaVita is a leader in healthcare, focused not only on improved clinical outcomes and holistic care, but also on participating in positive community impact.  Read more

“Sharmila is an inspiration,” declared Rohan Christie-David, Dean, Business School, during the October reception honoring University of Colorado Denver alumna Dr. Sharmila Anand, who was recently honored as one of thirteen “Heroines of Health” at the 70th World Health Assembly. “She wants to give back to India as well as to CU Denver; she is a strong advocate for education and for the development of affordable health care options,” continued Dean Christie-David, as he and Dr.  Read more

Andrew French, MD, is the only member of his family to pursue a career in health care. At age 38, he’s already achieved a great deal, having been an emergency room physician and now the medical director of a busy emergency department that is also part of a major trauma center. A big part of what he loves about the field is the ample room in which to take on new challenges and grow professionally.  Read more