UPCOMING EVENT
3-21-12
Health Care Informatics Information Session

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Please contact Tina Yeung at tina.yeung@ucf.edu for more information

3-20-12
Debate: "Healthcare Reform — What Should the Supreme Court Do?"

7 p.m., University Club of Winter Park, 841 Park Ave., Winter Park, Fla.
Open to the public.
The respective debaters will be Myron Fottler, Ph.D., vs. Lynn Unruh, Ph.D., professors of health services administration at UCF. "These two are acknowledged experts on the subject at hand and they have vastly different views of what should occur," said Aaron Liberman, also a professor of health services administration at UCF. Contact: aaron.liberman@ucf.edu

1-25-11
HMI Outlook - Spring 2012
Read the department's latest news in the inaugural issue of HMI Outlook.

11-10-11
Students Learn the Latest in Scanning Technology Thanks to IOD, Inc.
Health informatics and information management students recently gained first-hand experience using the latest in medical record scanning technology thanks to IOD, Inc. Andrew Bressers, a project manager with IOD Professional Services and a member of UCF’s Health Information Management Advisory Board, offered the opportunity when he learned the HIIM program had a need to store about 1,000 paper medical records in an electronic format. “I suggested that we make it a class project so students in our professional practice class [HIM 4816] could get involved and learn about the scanning process,” said Alice Noblin, director of UCF's HIIM program. On Nov. 8, the students prepared some of the records to be scanned, and the following day they traveled to IOD, Inc.’s office in Eustis, Fla., to watch Bressers scan the records. Afterwards, the students indexed them. “The indexing process is where they link the images to the record type so the record can be searched based on common parts of the record,” Noblin explained. Bressers and Noblin plan to offer this same opportunity to students next spring “to expose as many students as possible to the technology.” Click here for photos.

9-14-11
Do Top-Performing Nursing Homes Sacrifice Quality of Care?
Today's issue of The Daily State, an online publication produced by Harvard Business Review, leads with an article about a recent study by Reid Oetjen, assistant professor of health services administration, published in the Journal of Health Care Finance. Click on the title above to read the article.

9-14-11
Congratulations to Bernardo Ramirez, assistant professor of health services administration, on his appointment to the Board of Directors of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration. Ramirez is one of 17 board members from organizations across the country. He will serve a three-year term.

8-30-11
Unruh Launches NIH-Funded Study of Patient Safety and Quality in Hospitals
Professor Lynn Unruh is co-investigator of a new study titled "Benchmarking Patient Safety and Quality in U.S. Hospitals: The Stochastic Frontier Approach." The two-year project is funded by a $97,446 grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality within the National Institutes of Health.
Unruh and co-investigator Richard Hofler from the UCF Department of Economics will introduce and test the use of stochastic frontier analysis -- a method of economic modeling -- for benchmarking health care quality and safety. "We will also provide initial results regarding best-practice frontier levels and gaps in quality and safety, and predictors of those gaps in a large national sample of U.S. hospitals. The project will advance the ability to assess and compare hospitals on specific quality indicators and will serve as a foundation for broader applications."

4-25-11
Liberman on Health Care Reform
Department Chair and Professor Aaron Liberman spoke about health care reform at a meeting of the League of Women Voters of Seminole County earlier this year. Click on the title above for an audiotape of his comments.

Congratulations!
4-6-11
Alice Noblin, director of the Program in Health Informatics and Information Management, and Reid Oetjen, assistant professor of health services administration, received the college's Excellence in Undegraduate Teaching award for 2011 at UCF's Founders' Day event. Read more

 

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Congratulations!
4-6-11
Health services administration major Eric Boehm received the college's Most Outstanding Student award for 2011 at UCF's annual Founders' Day event. Read more

 

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Congratulations!
2-18-11
UCF Takes Second Place in National Health Administration Case Competition

 

The winning team: health services administration graduate students Sara Cox (left) and Natalia Warren (right) with Will Ferniany, chief executive officer, UAB Health System

 

 

 

 

 

Recent Event
3-16-11
7th Annual State of Health Care in Central Florida Symposium
FAIRWINDS Alumni Center
6 to 6:30 p.m. - Registration and Networking
6:30 to 8 p.m. - Symposium
Hosted by the UCF Health Services Administration Alumni Chapter

Click here for more photos from the event.

2-1-11
National Health Care Discussion Video Available Online
A lively discussion on health care reform featuring members of UCF's health services administration program was held in the Student Union on Oct. 5, 2010. Click here or on the title above to view the discussion online.

Recent Event:
1-27-11
"Health Care Reform: The Good, Bad and Ugly"
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sergio's Restaurant, 2985 S. Orlando Drive (17-92), Sanford, Fla.
Department Chair Aaron Liberman discussed the impact of the health care reform bill. Sponsored by the Seminole County League of Women Voters. Cost included lunch: $13 for league members, $15 for all others. Reservations were required: 407-339-9266 or lwvseminole@gmail.com.

12-17-10
Nurses at Six Florida Hospitals Join National Union
(Includes commentary by Lynn Unruh, associate professor of health services administration at UCF.)

Recent Event:
10-9-10
Health Care Town Hall Meeting
1 to 5 p.m., Renaissance Senior Center, South Econ Community Park
3800 S. Econolockhatchee Trail, Orlando
This event for the public will include a presentation on health care reform by Professor Aaron Liberman, interim chair of the Department of Health Management and Informatics (see www.healthcaremovement.org/Seminar_Speakers.html). Liberman is scheduled to speak at 1 p.m. and again at 3 p.m. He will respond to questions after each presentation. For full event information, visit www.healthcaremovement.org/.

Recent Event:
10-5-10
National Health Care Panel Discussion
12 to 1 p.m., Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Four panelists with expertise in health care -- Drs. Myron Fottler, Aaron Liberman, Lynn Unruh and Mr. Charles Pierce -- will discuss the health care bill passed earlier this year. Topics will include the cost of health care, future of health care delivery and health care administration. The top two questions submitted by students will be answered by the panelists. The event is sponsored by the Health Services Administration Student Association. Doors open at 11:45 a.m.

7-19-10
Grant to Provide Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
Students in the College of Health and Public Affairs who face economic hardship may be eligible to receive scholarship support thanks to federal funding that aims to increase the number of health professionals working in underserved areas.

6-17-10
CompuTech City/SuiteMed Gift Aids Health Care Informatics Program
CompuTech City, a health information technology company, and its California-based partner, SuiteMed, have donated software and technical support valued at more than $2.2 million over five years to UCF's health care informatics program.

 

 

6-15-10
Department Chair Aaron Liberman was interviewed on the morning show of Fox 25 News. He described the changes that will occur in the next few years as a result of health care reform. Click here to view his interview.

5-27-10
The Office of Diversity Initiatives is accepting applications for the 2010-2011 Leadership Enhancement Program. Click here for more information. To download an application go to www.diversity.ucf.edu

Spring 2010
The HSA Pulse reports news about the undegraduate and graduate programs in health services administration.

Recent Event:
Tuesday, 4-20-10, 7 p.m.
Debate on Health Care Reform at the University Club of Winter Park
Professor Aaron Liberman, chair of the Department of Health Management and Informatics, participated in a debate on health care reform with Rich Morrison, corporate vice president for government affairs for Adventist Health Systems. In recent months, Liberman has shared his views on health care reform during multiple appearances on Fox 35 news. Morrison is a well-known and frequently quoted health care executive in Central Florida. The event was free and open to the public. For further information, contact Mr. Frank Barber at fbarber@cfl.rr.com or 407-260-6050.

4-12-10
NCG Medical Gift Aids Health Care Informatics Program
NCG Medical, an Electronic Health Records (EHR) company based in Central Florida, has donated software and technical support valued at $1.25 million over five years to the University of Central Florida.

 

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