The vanderbilt Advantage
recommend Get the management skills you need to succeed. Care One night per week. One weekend per month. One year. 8
The distinctive leadership development program will give you access to industry tools and diagnostics used by Fortune 500 executives.
You will benefit from being part of a community and extensive professional network. Faculty, colleagues and alumni—business leaders, health care experts and entrepreneurs—will become part of your career network.
10
On our cover
11 reasons participants the Vanderbilt MM Health
Lolita Kelso Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care 2010 Nurse. Manager. World Shaper. Like many health care professionals, Lolita Kelso, who was trained as a nurse, had spent her career “thinking,” as she puts it, “through a medical mind.” And, like many health care professionals who take on management roles, Lolita needed to adapt her thinking after she became responsible for overseeing sitters, companions, home health aides and nurses under the private duty division of Vanderbilt Home Care…
The Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care is a one-year program that equips health care professionals and practitioners with the business fundamentals and decision-making skills to manage people, programs and processes in today’s dynamic health care environment. Our program is specifically
Read the rest of Lolita’s story
designed to provide managers, health care practitioners and other executives who seek to complement
owenworldshapers.com/LolitaKelso.html
their functional and clinical expertise with business knowledge and management skills. We give you the
11
9
Meet one night per week, one weekend per month, for one year. The unique schedule and convenient Nashville location let you learn without disrupting your job responsibilities and career progression.
Through interdisciplinary, experiential learning, you will quickly learn how to manage as part of a leadership team, attack problems from new angles and propel yourself into a leadership position in your organization.
“My Owen experience has been eye-opening. By ‘eye-opening’ what I mean is that the learning environment at Owen has fostered a different way of thinking about and approaching challenges that I face in my role as a surgeon-scientist.”
Dell Yarbrough
business perspective to excel in the health care industry.
Our Promise To students:
To business:
Here is a place where you will be challenged to achieve your potential; find support as you shape your future; discover lifelong friends and mentors; and open doors to new possibilities.
Here is a place where you will find the men and women who have the skills, the drive, and the determination to move your organization forward.
To faculty and staff:
To alumni:
Here is a place where you can engage, think, reach, teach, influence people, and transform the world around you.
Here is a place that you can call home, build business relationships, and inspire those who follow to reach even higher.
1
Vanderbilt’s rigorous curriculum is built around a core foundation of management and leadership skills and intense dive into health care industry specifics for you to learn the rigor of business and how it applies to your role in health care.
2
You will benefit from collaboration between Vanderbilt business faculty and executives from top-tier health care organizations, who work together to help you learn about the issues that health care organizations deal with daily.
3
Bridging the gap in health care management. Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care
Learn More
Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management Master of Management in Health Care 401 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203-2422
owen.vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Associate Professor, Otolaryngology and Cancer Biology Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
Telephone: 615.322.3120 Fax: 615.343.2293 Email: mmhc@owen.vanderbilt.edu
Lolita Kelso
Discover this place. Shape your world.®
owen.vanderbilt.edu ©2010 Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Rev. 11/10 Printed on recycled paper.
Vanderbilt is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university.
Vanderbilt combines a world-class business school, world-class medical center and world-class health care business community.
Discover this place.
Shape your world. ®
Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Assistant Nurse Manager Vanderbilt Home Care Nashville, TN
5
You will be among a class of diverse peers—selected from a broad range of health care organizations and professions, specialties and areas of expertise—who can provide different health care and business perspectives.
4
Along with renowned professors in a full range of business disciplines, Vanderbilt’s health care business faculty include distinguished researchers, one of the most knowledgeable experts in Congress on health care policy, a surgeonturned-Senate Majority Leader and the CEO of a major medical center.
6
You will gain immediate and ongoing Return on Investment (ROI). Through our Apply-it-Now approach to learning, you can apply your new business knowledge and management skills immediately in your job to address real problems and opportunities.
7
The Capstone Project gives you practical experience in applying your new knowledge. Under close faculty supervision, you and your team will address a real business problem, opportunity or initiative for a health care organization.
The vanderbilt Advantage
recommend Get the management skills you need to succeed. Care One night per week. One weekend per month. One year. 8
The distinctive leadership development program will give you access to industry tools and diagnostics used by Fortune 500 executives.
You will benefit from being part of a community and extensive professional network. Faculty, colleagues and alumni—business leaders, health care experts and entrepreneurs—will become part of your career network.
10
On our cover
11 reasons participants the Vanderbilt MM Health
Lolita Kelso Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care 2010 Nurse. Manager. World Shaper. Like many health care professionals, Lolita Kelso, who was trained as a nurse, had spent her career “thinking,” as she puts it, “through a medical mind.” And, like many health care professionals who take on management roles, Lolita needed to adapt her thinking after she became responsible for overseeing sitters, companions, home health aides and nurses under the private duty division of Vanderbilt Home Care…
The Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care is a one-year program that equips health care professionals and practitioners with the business fundamentals and decision-making skills to manage people, programs and processes in today’s dynamic health care environment. Our program is specifically
Read the rest of Lolita’s story
designed to provide managers, health care practitioners and other executives who seek to complement
owenworldshapers.com/LolitaKelso.html
their functional and clinical expertise with business knowledge and management skills. We give you the
11
9
Meet one night per week, one weekend per month, for one year. The unique schedule and convenient Nashville location let you learn without disrupting your job responsibilities and career progression.
Through interdisciplinary, experiential learning, you will quickly learn how to manage as part of a leadership team, attack problems from new angles and propel yourself into a leadership position in your organization.
“My Owen experience has been eye-opening. By ‘eye-opening’ what I mean is that the learning environment at Owen has fostered a different way of thinking about and approaching challenges that I face in my role as a surgeon-scientist.”
Dell Yarbrough
business perspective to excel in the health care industry.
Our Promise To students:
To business:
Here is a place where you will be challenged to achieve your potential; find support as you shape your future; discover lifelong friends and mentors; and open doors to new possibilities.
Here is a place where you will find the men and women who have the skills, the drive, and the determination to move your organization forward.
To faculty and staff:
To alumni:
Here is a place where you can engage, think, reach, teach, influence people, and transform the world around you.
Here is a place that you can call home, build business relationships, and inspire those who follow to reach even higher.
1
Vanderbilt’s rigorous curriculum is built around a core foundation of management and leadership skills and intense dive into health care industry specifics for you to learn the rigor of business and how it applies to your role in health care.
2
You will benefit from collaboration between Vanderbilt business faculty and executives from top-tier health care organizations, who work together to help you learn about the issues that health care organizations deal with daily.
3
Bridging the gap in health care management. Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care
Learn More
Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management Master of Management in Health Care 401 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203-2422
owen.vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Associate Professor, Otolaryngology and Cancer Biology Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
Telephone: 615.322.3120 Fax: 615.343.2293 Email: mmhc@owen.vanderbilt.edu
Lolita Kelso
Discover this place. Shape your world.®
owen.vanderbilt.edu ©2010 Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Rev. 11/10 Printed on recycled paper.
Vanderbilt is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university.
Vanderbilt combines a world-class business school, world-class medical center and world-class health care business community.
Discover this place.
Shape your world. ®
Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Assistant Nurse Manager Vanderbilt Home Care Nashville, TN
5
You will be among a class of diverse peers—selected from a broad range of health care organizations and professions, specialties and areas of expertise—who can provide different health care and business perspectives.
4
Along with renowned professors in a full range of business disciplines, Vanderbilt’s health care business faculty include distinguished researchers, one of the most knowledgeable experts in Congress on health care policy, a surgeonturned-Senate Majority Leader and the CEO of a major medical center.
6
You will gain immediate and ongoing Return on Investment (ROI). Through our Apply-it-Now approach to learning, you can apply your new business knowledge and management skills immediately in your job to address real problems and opportunities.
7
The Capstone Project gives you practical experience in applying your new knowledge. Under close faculty supervision, you and your team will address a real business problem, opportunity or initiative for a health care organization.
The vanderbilt Advantage
recommend Get the management skills you need to succeed. Care One night per week. One weekend per month. One year. 8
The distinctive leadership development program will give you access to industry tools and diagnostics used by Fortune 500 executives.
You will benefit from being part of a community and extensive professional network. Faculty, colleagues and alumni—business leaders, health care experts and entrepreneurs—will become part of your career network.
10
On our cover
11 reasons participants the Vanderbilt MM Health
Lolita Kelso Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care 2010 Nurse. Manager. World Shaper. Like many health care professionals, Lolita Kelso, who was trained as a nurse, had spent her career “thinking,” as she puts it, “through a medical mind.” And, like many health care professionals who take on management roles, Lolita needed to adapt her thinking after she became responsible for overseeing sitters, companions, home health aides and nurses under the private duty division of Vanderbilt Home Care…
The Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care is a one-year program that equips health care professionals and practitioners with the business fundamentals and decision-making skills to manage people, programs and processes in today’s dynamic health care environment. Our program is specifically
Read the rest of Lolita’s story
designed to provide managers, health care practitioners and other executives who seek to complement
owenworldshapers.com/LolitaKelso.html
their functional and clinical expertise with business knowledge and management skills. We give you the
11
9
Meet one night per week, one weekend per month, for one year. The unique schedule and convenient Nashville location let you learn without disrupting your job responsibilities and career progression.
Through interdisciplinary, experiential learning, you will quickly learn how to manage as part of a leadership team, attack problems from new angles and propel yourself into a leadership position in your organization.
“My Owen experience has been eye-opening. By ‘eye-opening’ what I mean is that the learning environment at Owen has fostered a different way of thinking about and approaching challenges that I face in my role as a surgeon-scientist.”
Dell Yarbrough
business perspective to excel in the health care industry.
Our Promise To students:
To business:
Here is a place where you will be challenged to achieve your potential; find support as you shape your future; discover lifelong friends and mentors; and open doors to new possibilities.
Here is a place where you will find the men and women who have the skills, the drive, and the determination to move your organization forward.
To faculty and staff:
To alumni:
Here is a place where you can engage, think, reach, teach, influence people, and transform the world around you.
Here is a place that you can call home, build business relationships, and inspire those who follow to reach even higher.
1
Vanderbilt’s rigorous curriculum is built around a core foundation of management and leadership skills and intense dive into health care industry specifics for you to learn the rigor of business and how it applies to your role in health care.
2
You will benefit from collaboration between Vanderbilt business faculty and executives from top-tier health care organizations, who work together to help you learn about the issues that health care organizations deal with daily.
3
Bridging the gap in health care management. Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care
Learn More
Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management Master of Management in Health Care 401 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203-2422
owen.vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Associate Professor, Otolaryngology and Cancer Biology Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
Telephone: 615.322.3120 Fax: 615.343.2293 Email: mmhc@owen.vanderbilt.edu
Lolita Kelso
Discover this place. Shape your world.®
owen.vanderbilt.edu ©2010 Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Rev. 11/10 Printed on recycled paper.
Vanderbilt is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university.
Vanderbilt combines a world-class business school, world-class medical center and world-class health care business community.
Discover this place.
Shape your world. ®
Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Assistant Nurse Manager Vanderbilt Home Care Nashville, TN
5
You will be among a class of diverse peers—selected from a broad range of health care organizations and professions, specialties and areas of expertise—who can provide different health care and business perspectives.
4
Along with renowned professors in a full range of business disciplines, Vanderbilt’s health care business faculty include distinguished researchers, one of the most knowledgeable experts in Congress on health care policy, a surgeonturned-Senate Majority Leader and the CEO of a major medical center.
6
You will gain immediate and ongoing Return on Investment (ROI). Through our Apply-it-Now approach to learning, you can apply your new business knowledge and management skills immediately in your job to address real problems and opportunities.
7
The Capstone Project gives you practical experience in applying your new knowledge. Under close faculty supervision, you and your team will address a real business problem, opportunity or initiative for a health care organization.
Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care
Advance your career with the Vanderbilt MM Health Care.
Develop an in-depth understanding of management principles and practices relevant to today’s changing health care system.
The Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care is a one-year graduate degree in management designed especially for managers, health care practitioners and executives in health care organizations. The MM Health Care program equips you with the business fundamentals and interdisciplinary
leadership skills to become robust organizational managers. Over a one-year period, you participate in core business courses one night a week, attend intensive health care industry-specific courses one weekend per month and work in teams on a health care consulting
project throughout the program. The unique schedule of the Vanderbilt MM Health Care program assures the highest quality educational experience without disrupting your job responsibilities or the day-to-day operations of sponsoring organizations.
MM Health Care Curriculum at a Glance—30 Credit Hours Mod 1
Mod 2
Core: Managerial Economics (2)
Core: Marketing Management (2)
Industry: Economics of Health Care Delivery (2)
Industry: Strategic Marketing of Health Care Services (2)
Winter Break
Orientation
FALL
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (6)
Management Core 12 credits / 1 night per week The Management Core includes six graduate-level management courses that provide the solid business foundation upon which the health care industry-specific courses build. Health Care Industry Courses 12 credits / 1 weekend per month In tandem with the general management courses, six intensive Health Care Industry Courses ensure a solid health care platform so that you are equipped to manage profitable, innovative health care programs and services. Capstone Project and Leadership Development 6 credits / Concurrent with one-year program The Capstone Project engages students on an eight-month intensive consulting project for an issue of significant importance to a
• Build confidence and understand more fully your professional, management and leadership capabilities
Examples of Capstone Projects include: • New emergency care clinic location evaluation • Comprehensive medical center communication strategy • Organizational planning and performance review standardization program • Cash value analysis model
• Make an immediate impact in your organization by applying new business concepts and skills
The Leadership Development frames the Capstone Project, offering individual Hogan assessments and Korn/Ferry 360-Degree diagnostic tools used by Fortune 500 companies, access to personalized executive coaching and application of new leadership techniques and training throughout the project. You will develop high-level management skills to lead teams and people with confidence.
To Sponsoring Organizations
Core: Financial and Managerial Accounting (2)
Core: Managerial Finance (2)
Industry: Health Care Accounting (2)
Industry: Health Care Finance (2)
Apply Now
Spring Break
Winter Break
Mod 4
owen.vanderbilt.edu
A collaborative classroom You will learn not only from the expertise and insight of the instructors but also from the varied perspectives of your classmates who are all working professionals with extensive background in health care.
ROI for you. Without interrupting your career, you will
sponsoring organization. With faculty oversight, you must demonstrate rigorous application of business concepts and disciplines. Working as part of an interdisciplinary project team, participants learn first-hand how to diagnose the critical problem, define an appropriate scope of work, manage institutional expectations and produce a suitable recommendation.
SPRING
Mod 3
A graduate degree in health care management with immediate and sustainable benefits for you and your organization. • Accelerate your career within your organization
Class Stats Class Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Years Work Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• Develop deep management-level knowledge and understanding of all business disciplines through formal management curriculum
30 45 19 34%
Over 50% of students supervise two or more people.
By sponsoring emerging leaders, your organization will 1. obtain loyalty of highly valued employees through their commitment to stay with the organization and advance their careers. 2. build bench strength of your management team and cross-functional leadership. 3. achieve forward momentum on organizational initiatives.
Organizations represented include hospitals, health systems and centers, academic medical centers, larger physician practices, clinics and health centers, long-term care organizations, suppliers, technology vendors, payers, managed care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and state and local government.
Mod 5
Mod 6
Core: Operations Management (2)
Core: Leading Teams in Organizations (2)
Industry: Configuring and Optimizing Health Care Operations (2)
Industry: Strategies for High-Performance Organizations (2)
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (continued) (x) = credit hours Each mod is 8 weeks in length. Management Core classes meet one night per week; Health Care industry classes meet one weekend per month. * Graduation celebration immediately follows successful completion of the program; dates for Vanderbilt commencement exercises are established by the university and may lag. Schedule is subject to change.
Graduation*
Spring Break
SUMMER
Rod Harkleroad Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Director of Critical Care, Surgical & Medical Services; Director of Training and Education Sumner Regional Medical Center; HighPoint Health System Gallatin, TN
from their cutting-edge research. Alongside renowned faculty, you’ll learn from health care industry daily industry changes into the classroom. Larry Van Horn, Associate Professor of Health Care Management
Nancy Hyer, Associate Professor of Operations Management
Larry Van Horn is a leading expert on health care management and economics. His research on health care organizations, managerial incentives in nonprofit hospitals and the conduct of managed care firms has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Law and Economics and Harvard Business Review. He has consulted with government and health care organizations and has presented at numerous seminars and conferences sponsored by industry, government and academic institutions.
Nancy Lea Hyer’s work in the academic and business communities has focused on cellular manufacturing, process redesign and project management, including a successful career at Hewlett-Packard. She is also the co-author of Reorganizing the Factory: Competing through Cellular Manufacturing, which captured the 2003 Shingo Prize for Research in Manufacturing.
Participants include managers of clinical employees,
medical department directors, faculty, researchers, clinicians, physicians, nurses, service line leaders, practice leaders, chiefs of staff, department chairs and vice chairs, division chiefs, and others seeking career advancement in health care organizations.
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (continued)
“My knowledge of Finance, Marketing, Accounting, and Operations was somewhat limited. By getting a thorough understanding of these disciplines. I am now more able to interact in meetings and with different leaders throughout my organization. This has allowed me to excel at work, resulting in my promotions.”
Vanderbilt faculty draw upon extensive experience in health care and business as well as insights leaders—elected officials, policy experts, CEOs, entrepreneurs and health care practitioners—who bring
Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68% Under-represented Minorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% Foreign Nationals or U.S. Green Card. . . . . . . . . . . 7% Full or Partial Tuition Sponsorship . . . . . . . . . . . . 91%
• Earn a master’s degree from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, a top-tier business school
Vanderbilt business faculty. Expert insight into a complex industry.
Tina Williams
Ranga Ramanujam, Associate Professor
of Management Ranga Ramanujam is a leading researcher and consultant on the organizational causes and consequences of errors in high-risk work settings. His research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Medical Care, Journal of Patient Safety, Journal of Applied Psychology, and other journals.
Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Director, Access Services, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital Nashville, TN
Mark Frisse, Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Mark Frisse is responsible for coordinating regional, state and national projects aimed at the application of information technology to advance patient care. Prior to assuming his position at Vanderbilt, he was Vice President in First Consulting Group’s Clinical Transformation Practice working to advance quality and safety through the application of technology, process redesign, evaluation techniques, and evidence-based practice. Active in medical informatics for 20 years, Mark is the author of over 50 scientific papers, reviews, and book chapters on medical informatics.
Luke Froeb, William C. Oehmig
Administrator. ROI Gainer. World Shaper. Even by Owen’s standards, Tina Williams’ return on investment was fast. After enrolling in the Master of Management in Health Care program, she was promoted from Manager to Director of Access Services for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. In that position, she directs a variety of areas of patient access, from the business center to bed management, with responsibility for more than 80 staff members… Read the rest of Tina’s story
owenworldshapers.com/TinaWilliams.html
Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise Luke Froeb joined the Owen faculty in 1993 as an expert in the economics of competition policy. From 2003 to 2005, he was appointed Director of the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission, where government antitrust agencies widely used his merger models to predict anticompetitive behavior.
Watch Faculty Videos owen.vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care
Advance your career with the Vanderbilt MM Health Care.
Develop an in-depth understanding of management principles and practices relevant to today’s changing health care system.
The Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care is a one-year graduate degree in management designed especially for managers, health care practitioners and executives in health care organizations. The MM Health Care program equips you with the business fundamentals and interdisciplinary
leadership skills to become robust organizational managers. Over a one-year period, you participate in core business courses one night a week, attend intensive health care industry-specific courses one weekend per month and work in teams on a health care consulting
project throughout the program. The unique schedule of the Vanderbilt MM Health Care program assures the highest quality educational experience without disrupting your job responsibilities or the day-to-day operations of sponsoring organizations.
MM Health Care Curriculum at a Glance—30 Credit Hours Mod 1
Mod 2
Core: Managerial Economics (2)
Core: Marketing Management (2)
Industry: Economics of Health Care Delivery (2)
Industry: Strategic Marketing of Health Care Services (2)
Winter Break
Orientation
FALL
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (6)
Management Core 12 credits / 1 night per week The Management Core includes six graduate-level management courses that provide the solid business foundation upon which the health care industry-specific courses build. Health Care Industry Courses 12 credits / 1 weekend per month In tandem with the general management courses, six intensive Health Care Industry Courses ensure a solid health care platform so that you are equipped to manage profitable, innovative health care programs and services. Capstone Project and Leadership Development 6 credits / Concurrent with one-year program The Capstone Project engages students on an eight-month intensive consulting project for an issue of significant importance to a
• Build confidence and understand more fully your professional, management and leadership capabilities
Examples of Capstone Projects include: • New emergency care clinic location evaluation • Comprehensive medical center communication strategy • Organizational planning and performance review standardization program • Cash value analysis model
• Make an immediate impact in your organization by applying new business concepts and skills
The Leadership Development frames the Capstone Project, offering individual Hogan assessments and Korn/Ferry 360-Degree diagnostic tools used by Fortune 500 companies, access to personalized executive coaching and application of new leadership techniques and training throughout the project. You will develop high-level management skills to lead teams and people with confidence.
To Sponsoring Organizations
Core: Financial and Managerial Accounting (2)
Core: Managerial Finance (2)
Industry: Health Care Accounting (2)
Industry: Health Care Finance (2)
Apply Now
Spring Break
Winter Break
Mod 4
owen.vanderbilt.edu
A collaborative classroom You will learn not only from the expertise and insight of the instructors but also from the varied perspectives of your classmates who are all working professionals with extensive background in health care.
ROI for you. Without interrupting your career, you will
sponsoring organization. With faculty oversight, you must demonstrate rigorous application of business concepts and disciplines. Working as part of an interdisciplinary project team, participants learn first-hand how to diagnose the critical problem, define an appropriate scope of work, manage institutional expectations and produce a suitable recommendation.
SPRING
Mod 3
A graduate degree in health care management with immediate and sustainable benefits for you and your organization. • Accelerate your career within your organization
Class Stats Class Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Years Work Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• Develop deep management-level knowledge and understanding of all business disciplines through formal management curriculum
30 45 19 34%
Over 50% of students supervise two or more people.
By sponsoring emerging leaders, your organization will 1. obtain loyalty of highly valued employees through their commitment to stay with the organization and advance their careers. 2. build bench strength of your management team and cross-functional leadership. 3. achieve forward momentum on organizational initiatives.
Organizations represented include hospitals, health systems and centers, academic medical centers, larger physician practices, clinics and health centers, long-term care organizations, suppliers, technology vendors, payers, managed care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and state and local government.
Mod 5
Mod 6
Core: Operations Management (2)
Core: Leading Teams in Organizations (2)
Industry: Configuring and Optimizing Health Care Operations (2)
Industry: Strategies for High-Performance Organizations (2)
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (continued) (x) = credit hours Each mod is 8 weeks in length. Management Core classes meet one night per week; Health Care industry classes meet one weekend per month. * Graduation celebration immediately follows successful completion of the program; dates for Vanderbilt commencement exercises are established by the university and may lag. Schedule is subject to change.
Graduation*
Spring Break
SUMMER
Rod Harkleroad Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Director of Critical Care, Surgical & Medical Services; Director of Training and Education Sumner Regional Medical Center; HighPoint Health System Gallatin, TN
from their cutting-edge research. Alongside renowned faculty, you’ll learn from health care industry daily industry changes into the classroom. Larry Van Horn, Associate Professor of Health Care Management
Nancy Hyer, Associate Professor of Operations Management
Larry Van Horn is a leading expert on health care management and economics. His research on health care organizations, managerial incentives in nonprofit hospitals and the conduct of managed care firms has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Law and Economics and Harvard Business Review. He has consulted with government and health care organizations and has presented at numerous seminars and conferences sponsored by industry, government and academic institutions.
Nancy Lea Hyer’s work in the academic and business communities has focused on cellular manufacturing, process redesign and project management, including a successful career at Hewlett-Packard. She is also the co-author of Reorganizing the Factory: Competing through Cellular Manufacturing, which captured the 2003 Shingo Prize for Research in Manufacturing.
Participants include managers of clinical employees,
medical department directors, faculty, researchers, clinicians, physicians, nurses, service line leaders, practice leaders, chiefs of staff, department chairs and vice chairs, division chiefs, and others seeking career advancement in health care organizations.
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (continued)
“My knowledge of Finance, Marketing, Accounting, and Operations was somewhat limited. By getting a thorough understanding of these disciplines. I am now more able to interact in meetings and with different leaders throughout my organization. This has allowed me to excel at work, resulting in my promotions.”
Vanderbilt faculty draw upon extensive experience in health care and business as well as insights leaders—elected officials, policy experts, CEOs, entrepreneurs and health care practitioners—who bring
Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68% Under-represented Minorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% Foreign Nationals or U.S. Green Card. . . . . . . . . . . 7% Full or Partial Tuition Sponsorship . . . . . . . . . . . . 91%
• Earn a master’s degree from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, a top-tier business school
Vanderbilt business faculty. Expert insight into a complex industry.
Tina Williams
Ranga Ramanujam, Associate Professor
of Management Ranga Ramanujam is a leading researcher and consultant on the organizational causes and consequences of errors in high-risk work settings. His research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Medical Care, Journal of Patient Safety, Journal of Applied Psychology, and other journals.
Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Director, Access Services, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital Nashville, TN
Mark Frisse, Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Mark Frisse is responsible for coordinating regional, state and national projects aimed at the application of information technology to advance patient care. Prior to assuming his position at Vanderbilt, he was Vice President in First Consulting Group’s Clinical Transformation Practice working to advance quality and safety through the application of technology, process redesign, evaluation techniques, and evidence-based practice. Active in medical informatics for 20 years, Mark is the author of over 50 scientific papers, reviews, and book chapters on medical informatics.
Luke Froeb, William C. Oehmig
Administrator. ROI Gainer. World Shaper. Even by Owen’s standards, Tina Williams’ return on investment was fast. After enrolling in the Master of Management in Health Care program, she was promoted from Manager to Director of Access Services for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. In that position, she directs a variety of areas of patient access, from the business center to bed management, with responsibility for more than 80 staff members… Read the rest of Tina’s story
owenworldshapers.com/TinaWilliams.html
Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise Luke Froeb joined the Owen faculty in 1993 as an expert in the economics of competition policy. From 2003 to 2005, he was appointed Director of the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission, where government antitrust agencies widely used his merger models to predict anticompetitive behavior.
Watch Faculty Videos owen.vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care
Advance your career with the Vanderbilt MM Health Care.
Develop an in-depth understanding of management principles and practices relevant to today’s changing health care system.
The Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care is a one-year graduate degree in management designed especially for managers, health care practitioners and executives in health care organizations. The MM Health Care program equips you with the business fundamentals and interdisciplinary
leadership skills to become robust organizational managers. Over a one-year period, you participate in core business courses one night a week, attend intensive health care industry-specific courses one weekend per month and work in teams on a health care consulting
project throughout the program. The unique schedule of the Vanderbilt MM Health Care program assures the highest quality educational experience without disrupting your job responsibilities or the day-to-day operations of sponsoring organizations.
MM Health Care Curriculum at a Glance—30 Credit Hours Mod 1
Mod 2
Core: Managerial Economics (2)
Core: Marketing Management (2)
Industry: Economics of Health Care Delivery (2)
Industry: Strategic Marketing of Health Care Services (2)
Winter Break
Orientation
FALL
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (6)
Management Core 12 credits / 1 night per week The Management Core includes six graduate-level management courses that provide the solid business foundation upon which the health care industry-specific courses build. Health Care Industry Courses 12 credits / 1 weekend per month In tandem with the general management courses, six intensive Health Care Industry Courses ensure a solid health care platform so that you are equipped to manage profitable, innovative health care programs and services. Capstone Project and Leadership Development 6 credits / Concurrent with one-year program The Capstone Project engages students on an eight-month intensive consulting project for an issue of significant importance to a
• Build confidence and understand more fully your professional, management and leadership capabilities
Examples of Capstone Projects include: • New emergency care clinic location evaluation • Comprehensive medical center communication strategy • Organizational planning and performance review standardization program • Cash value analysis model
• Make an immediate impact in your organization by applying new business concepts and skills
The Leadership Development frames the Capstone Project, offering individual Hogan assessments and Korn/Ferry 360-Degree diagnostic tools used by Fortune 500 companies, access to personalized executive coaching and application of new leadership techniques and training throughout the project. You will develop high-level management skills to lead teams and people with confidence.
To Sponsoring Organizations
Core: Financial and Managerial Accounting (2)
Core: Managerial Finance (2)
Industry: Health Care Accounting (2)
Industry: Health Care Finance (2)
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Spring Break
Winter Break
Mod 4
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A collaborative classroom You will learn not only from the expertise and insight of the instructors but also from the varied perspectives of your classmates who are all working professionals with extensive background in health care.
ROI for you. Without interrupting your career, you will
sponsoring organization. With faculty oversight, you must demonstrate rigorous application of business concepts and disciplines. Working as part of an interdisciplinary project team, participants learn first-hand how to diagnose the critical problem, define an appropriate scope of work, manage institutional expectations and produce a suitable recommendation.
SPRING
Mod 3
A graduate degree in health care management with immediate and sustainable benefits for you and your organization. • Accelerate your career within your organization
Class Stats Class Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Years Work Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• Develop deep management-level knowledge and understanding of all business disciplines through formal management curriculum
30 45 19 34%
Over 50% of students supervise two or more people.
By sponsoring emerging leaders, your organization will 1. obtain loyalty of highly valued employees through their commitment to stay with the organization and advance their careers. 2. build bench strength of your management team and cross-functional leadership. 3. achieve forward momentum on organizational initiatives.
Organizations represented include hospitals, health systems and centers, academic medical centers, larger physician practices, clinics and health centers, long-term care organizations, suppliers, technology vendors, payers, managed care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and state and local government.
Mod 5
Mod 6
Core: Operations Management (2)
Core: Leading Teams in Organizations (2)
Industry: Configuring and Optimizing Health Care Operations (2)
Industry: Strategies for High-Performance Organizations (2)
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (continued) (x) = credit hours Each mod is 8 weeks in length. Management Core classes meet one night per week; Health Care industry classes meet one weekend per month. * Graduation celebration immediately follows successful completion of the program; dates for Vanderbilt commencement exercises are established by the university and may lag. Schedule is subject to change.
Graduation*
Spring Break
SUMMER
Rod Harkleroad Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Director of Critical Care, Surgical & Medical Services; Director of Training and Education Sumner Regional Medical Center; HighPoint Health System Gallatin, TN
from their cutting-edge research. Alongside renowned faculty, you’ll learn from health care industry daily industry changes into the classroom. Larry Van Horn, Associate Professor of Health Care Management
Nancy Hyer, Associate Professor of Operations Management
Larry Van Horn is a leading expert on health care management and economics. His research on health care organizations, managerial incentives in nonprofit hospitals and the conduct of managed care firms has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Law and Economics and Harvard Business Review. He has consulted with government and health care organizations and has presented at numerous seminars and conferences sponsored by industry, government and academic institutions.
Nancy Lea Hyer’s work in the academic and business communities has focused on cellular manufacturing, process redesign and project management, including a successful career at Hewlett-Packard. She is also the co-author of Reorganizing the Factory: Competing through Cellular Manufacturing, which captured the 2003 Shingo Prize for Research in Manufacturing.
Participants include managers of clinical employees,
medical department directors, faculty, researchers, clinicians, physicians, nurses, service line leaders, practice leaders, chiefs of staff, department chairs and vice chairs, division chiefs, and others seeking career advancement in health care organizations.
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (continued)
“My knowledge of Finance, Marketing, Accounting, and Operations was somewhat limited. By getting a thorough understanding of these disciplines. I am now more able to interact in meetings and with different leaders throughout my organization. This has allowed me to excel at work, resulting in my promotions.”
Vanderbilt faculty draw upon extensive experience in health care and business as well as insights leaders—elected officials, policy experts, CEOs, entrepreneurs and health care practitioners—who bring
Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68% Under-represented Minorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% Foreign Nationals or U.S. Green Card. . . . . . . . . . . 7% Full or Partial Tuition Sponsorship . . . . . . . . . . . . 91%
• Earn a master’s degree from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, a top-tier business school
Vanderbilt business faculty. Expert insight into a complex industry.
Tina Williams
Ranga Ramanujam, Associate Professor
of Management Ranga Ramanujam is a leading researcher and consultant on the organizational causes and consequences of errors in high-risk work settings. His research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Medical Care, Journal of Patient Safety, Journal of Applied Psychology, and other journals.
Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Director, Access Services, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital Nashville, TN
Mark Frisse, Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Mark Frisse is responsible for coordinating regional, state and national projects aimed at the application of information technology to advance patient care. Prior to assuming his position at Vanderbilt, he was Vice President in First Consulting Group’s Clinical Transformation Practice working to advance quality and safety through the application of technology, process redesign, evaluation techniques, and evidence-based practice. Active in medical informatics for 20 years, Mark is the author of over 50 scientific papers, reviews, and book chapters on medical informatics.
Luke Froeb, William C. Oehmig
Administrator. ROI Gainer. World Shaper. Even by Owen’s standards, Tina Williams’ return on investment was fast. After enrolling in the Master of Management in Health Care program, she was promoted from Manager to Director of Access Services for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. In that position, she directs a variety of areas of patient access, from the business center to bed management, with responsibility for more than 80 staff members… Read the rest of Tina’s story
owenworldshapers.com/TinaWilliams.html
Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise Luke Froeb joined the Owen faculty in 1993 as an expert in the economics of competition policy. From 2003 to 2005, he was appointed Director of the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission, where government antitrust agencies widely used his merger models to predict anticompetitive behavior.
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Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care
Advance your career with the Vanderbilt MM Health Care.
Develop an in-depth understanding of management principles and practices relevant to today’s changing health care system.
The Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care is a one-year graduate degree in management designed especially for managers, health care practitioners and executives in health care organizations. The MM Health Care program equips you with the business fundamentals and interdisciplinary
leadership skills to become robust organizational managers. Over a one-year period, you participate in core business courses one night a week, attend intensive health care industry-specific courses one weekend per month and work in teams on a health care consulting
project throughout the program. The unique schedule of the Vanderbilt MM Health Care program assures the highest quality educational experience without disrupting your job responsibilities or the day-to-day operations of sponsoring organizations.
MM Health Care Curriculum at a Glance—30 Credit Hours Mod 1
Mod 2
Core: Managerial Economics (2)
Core: Marketing Management (2)
Industry: Economics of Health Care Delivery (2)
Industry: Strategic Marketing of Health Care Services (2)
Winter Break
Orientation
FALL
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (6)
Management Core 12 credits / 1 night per week The Management Core includes six graduate-level management courses that provide the solid business foundation upon which the health care industry-specific courses build. Health Care Industry Courses 12 credits / 1 weekend per month In tandem with the general management courses, six intensive Health Care Industry Courses ensure a solid health care platform so that you are equipped to manage profitable, innovative health care programs and services. Capstone Project and Leadership Development 6 credits / Concurrent with one-year program The Capstone Project engages students on an eight-month intensive consulting project for an issue of significant importance to a
• Build confidence and understand more fully your professional, management and leadership capabilities
Examples of Capstone Projects include: • New emergency care clinic location evaluation • Comprehensive medical center communication strategy • Organizational planning and performance review standardization program • Cash value analysis model
• Make an immediate impact in your organization by applying new business concepts and skills
The Leadership Development frames the Capstone Project, offering individual Hogan assessments and Korn/Ferry 360-Degree diagnostic tools used by Fortune 500 companies, access to personalized executive coaching and application of new leadership techniques and training throughout the project. You will develop high-level management skills to lead teams and people with confidence.
To Sponsoring Organizations
Core: Financial and Managerial Accounting (2)
Core: Managerial Finance (2)
Industry: Health Care Accounting (2)
Industry: Health Care Finance (2)
Apply Now
Spring Break
Winter Break
Mod 4
owen.vanderbilt.edu
A collaborative classroom You will learn not only from the expertise and insight of the instructors but also from the varied perspectives of your classmates who are all working professionals with extensive background in health care.
ROI for you. Without interrupting your career, you will
sponsoring organization. With faculty oversight, you must demonstrate rigorous application of business concepts and disciplines. Working as part of an interdisciplinary project team, participants learn first-hand how to diagnose the critical problem, define an appropriate scope of work, manage institutional expectations and produce a suitable recommendation.
SPRING
Mod 3
A graduate degree in health care management with immediate and sustainable benefits for you and your organization. • Accelerate your career within your organization
Class Stats Class Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Years Work Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• Develop deep management-level knowledge and understanding of all business disciplines through formal management curriculum
30 45 19 34%
Over 50% of students supervise two or more people.
By sponsoring emerging leaders, your organization will 1. obtain loyalty of highly valued employees through their commitment to stay with the organization and advance their careers. 2. build bench strength of your management team and cross-functional leadership. 3. achieve forward momentum on organizational initiatives.
Organizations represented include hospitals, health systems and centers, academic medical centers, larger physician practices, clinics and health centers, long-term care organizations, suppliers, technology vendors, payers, managed care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and state and local government.
Mod 5
Mod 6
Core: Operations Management (2)
Core: Leading Teams in Organizations (2)
Industry: Configuring and Optimizing Health Care Operations (2)
Industry: Strategies for High-Performance Organizations (2)
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (continued) (x) = credit hours Each mod is 8 weeks in length. Management Core classes meet one night per week; Health Care industry classes meet one weekend per month. * Graduation celebration immediately follows successful completion of the program; dates for Vanderbilt commencement exercises are established by the university and may lag. Schedule is subject to change.
Graduation*
Spring Break
SUMMER
Rod Harkleroad Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Director of Critical Care, Surgical & Medical Services; Director of Training and Education Sumner Regional Medical Center; HighPoint Health System Gallatin, TN
from their cutting-edge research. Alongside renowned faculty, you’ll learn from health care industry daily industry changes into the classroom. Larry Van Horn, Associate Professor of Health Care Management
Nancy Hyer, Associate Professor of Operations Management
Larry Van Horn is a leading expert on health care management and economics. His research on health care organizations, managerial incentives in nonprofit hospitals and the conduct of managed care firms has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Law and Economics and Harvard Business Review. He has consulted with government and health care organizations and has presented at numerous seminars and conferences sponsored by industry, government and academic institutions.
Nancy Lea Hyer’s work in the academic and business communities has focused on cellular manufacturing, process redesign and project management, including a successful career at Hewlett-Packard. She is also the co-author of Reorganizing the Factory: Competing through Cellular Manufacturing, which captured the 2003 Shingo Prize for Research in Manufacturing.
Participants include managers of clinical employees,
medical department directors, faculty, researchers, clinicians, physicians, nurses, service line leaders, practice leaders, chiefs of staff, department chairs and vice chairs, division chiefs, and others seeking career advancement in health care organizations.
Capstone Project and Leadership Development (continued)
“My knowledge of Finance, Marketing, Accounting, and Operations was somewhat limited. By getting a thorough understanding of these disciplines. I am now more able to interact in meetings and with different leaders throughout my organization. This has allowed me to excel at work, resulting in my promotions.”
Vanderbilt faculty draw upon extensive experience in health care and business as well as insights leaders—elected officials, policy experts, CEOs, entrepreneurs and health care practitioners—who bring
Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68% Under-represented Minorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3% Foreign Nationals or U.S. Green Card. . . . . . . . . . . 7% Full or Partial Tuition Sponsorship . . . . . . . . . . . . 91%
• Earn a master’s degree from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, a top-tier business school
Vanderbilt business faculty. Expert insight into a complex industry.
Tina Williams
Ranga Ramanujam, Associate Professor
of Management Ranga Ramanujam is a leading researcher and consultant on the organizational causes and consequences of errors in high-risk work settings. His research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Medical Care, Journal of Patient Safety, Journal of Applied Psychology, and other journals.
Vanderbilt MM Health Care 2010 Director, Access Services, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital Nashville, TN
Mark Frisse, Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Mark Frisse is responsible for coordinating regional, state and national projects aimed at the application of information technology to advance patient care. Prior to assuming his position at Vanderbilt, he was Vice President in First Consulting Group’s Clinical Transformation Practice working to advance quality and safety through the application of technology, process redesign, evaluation techniques, and evidence-based practice. Active in medical informatics for 20 years, Mark is the author of over 50 scientific papers, reviews, and book chapters on medical informatics.
Luke Froeb, William C. Oehmig
Administrator. ROI Gainer. World Shaper. Even by Owen’s standards, Tina Williams’ return on investment was fast. After enrolling in the Master of Management in Health Care program, she was promoted from Manager to Director of Access Services for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. In that position, she directs a variety of areas of patient access, from the business center to bed management, with responsibility for more than 80 staff members… Read the rest of Tina’s story
owenworldshapers.com/TinaWilliams.html
Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise Luke Froeb joined the Owen faculty in 1993 as an expert in the economics of competition policy. From 2003 to 2005, he was appointed Director of the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission, where government antitrust agencies widely used his merger models to predict anticompetitive behavior.
Watch Faculty Videos owen.vanderbilt.edu
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Lolita Kelso Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care 2010 Nurse. Manager. World Shaper. Like many health care professionals, Lolita Kelso, who was trained as a nurse, had spent her career “thinking,” as she puts it, “through a medical mind.” And, like many health care professionals who take on management roles, Lolita needed to adapt her thinking after she became responsible for overseeing sitters, companions, home health aides and nurses under the private duty division of Vanderbilt Home Care…
The Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care is a one-year program that equips health care professionals and practitioners with the business fundamentals and decision-making skills to manage people, programs and processes in today’s dynamic health care environment. Our program is specifically
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Meet one night per week, one weekend per month, for one year. The unique schedule and convenient Nashville location let you learn without disrupting your job responsibilities and career progression.
Through interdisciplinary, experiential learning, you will quickly learn how to manage as part of a leadership team, attack problems from new angles and propel yourself into a leadership position in your organization.
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You will be among a class of diverse peers—selected from a broad range of health care organizations and professions, specialties and areas of expertise—who can provide different health care and business perspectives.
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Along with renowned professors in a full range of business disciplines, Vanderbilt’s health care business faculty include distinguished researchers, one of the most knowledgeable experts in Congress on health care policy, a surgeonturned-Senate Majority Leader and the CEO of a major medical center.
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You will gain immediate and ongoing Return on Investment (ROI). Through our Apply-it-Now approach to learning, you can apply your new business knowledge and management skills immediately in your job to address real problems and opportunities.
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The Capstone Project gives you practical experience in applying your new knowledge. Under close faculty supervision, you and your team will address a real business problem, opportunity or initiative for a health care organization.