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Ira Moscovice presented a paper on the Nursing Workforce Impact on Performance Improvement in  the CMS/Premier HQID Project at the World Health Organization (WHO) symposium on national health workforce issues on October 14, 2009 in Neuchatel, Switzerland. The symposium included representatives from 22 countries.  Co-authors are Gestur Davidson and Kathy Belk, from Premier. The work was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of their Interdisciplinary Nursing Research Initiative.

The Minnesota chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) met on October 8, 2009 for their quarterly continuing education session.  Daniel Zismer, spoke to the group about how health market and related policy dynamics are encouraging the integration of community hospitals and physicians. These emerging integrated health systems may find themselves uniquely positioned for a “reforming" U.S. healthcare marketplace.   Dr. Zismer also noted that the more successful integrated health systems are those that integrate physicians as co-leaders and co-managers of the delivery systems. He predicted that integration will accelerate across the U.S. and that the effects will be felt in all regions of the country.

The Division hosted two well-attended Dialogue on Health Care Reform sessions on September 30 and October 7, 2009 as part of a weekly seminar series.  Speakers were Jean Abraham, Lynn Blewett, Bryan Dowd, Roger Feldman, Ira Moscovice, and Robert Town.  Presentation slides can be viewed at the Division’s Seminar Series website.

Student News

The West Metro Medical Foundation has selected MHA student Dana Quinn as a 2009 Hoban Scholar.  This scholarship is awarded to a graduate student pursuing an education in nutrition or health care administration.

Four students presented at the 31st annual meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making on October 18-21, 2009 in Hollywood, CA.  Presenters and topics included:

• PhD student Bart Abban, "The Impact of Early Postpolypectomy Surveillance on the Demand for Colonoscopy"
• MS student Sean Elliot, "Adjuvant vs. Salvage radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy"
• PhD student Rowan Iskandar, "Using a Simulation Model to Estimate the Relative Risk of Contralateral Breast Cancer Versus Unilateral Breast Cancer Risk in the General Population"
• PhD student Shiyi Wang, "Using Information about Margin Status in the Treatment Strategies for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of Breast: A Decision Analysis"

MHA students met with local and national recruiters at the third annual Health Management Career Fair on October 3, 2009, at Coffman Memorial Union.  The event provided students with an opportunity to network with representatives from hospitals, health systems and healthcare consulting firms.   Participating organizations included Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Froedtert and Community Health, Health Care Futures, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Kurt Salmon Associates, Mercy Health System, NorthShore University Health System, Salem Hospital, Trinity Health, and UW-Health.
 
According to career fair organizer, Mona Rath, "Most recruiters are MHA alums.  A strong alumni support of our students  positions us to place students in administrative fellowships and consulting positions at graduation."

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