Health Administration Program
The Health Services Administration Program (HADM) at Auburn University prepares students for leadership positions in one of the nation's largest and fastest growing sectors, health care.
Health care systems of the future will focus on improving others’ lives through health care information technology, cutting-edge research, improved organization, and strong management. The HADM program prepares tomorrow's health care leaders to guide these systems and shape health care policy in an ever-increasingly complex and dynamic environment.
Auburn's HADM program is the first AUPHA accredited undergraduate program in the state of Alabama and has been training health care leaders for more than thirty years. It has over 2,000 alumni in thirty different states and is one of a handful of health administration programs in the country to offer national and international internships for undergraduate students at some of the world's leading health care institutions.
Read the Fall edition of our HADM program newsletter!
Events
HHAO Meeting-Thursday, February 23 at 6:30 pm at Bereny Office Solutions.
MGMA Annual Conference- Please mark your calendars for the Annual MGMA Conference, Thursday, March 1st at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham AL. Contact Ms. Johnson for more information. Professional dress required.
ACHE Annual Conference-The American College of Healthcare Executives will be holding its annual conference March 19-22 in Chicago, Illinois. Contact Dr. Erwin for more information and conference agenda. Professional dress required.
AGS Conference-Please mark your calendars for the Alabama Gerontology Society conference, April 11-13th in Huntsville, AL. Professional dress required. Please see Ms. Johnson for more information.
Guest Lecture-Matthew L. Goodwin MD will discuss his experiences living and working in Haiti on Tuesday, March 27th at 7:00 pm in the Science Center Auditorium.
Special Address- Tracy Kidder author of Mountains and Beyond Mountains will share his experiences of working alongside Dr. Paul Farmer providing innovative healthcare solutions in the third world on Monday, April 2nd at 7:00 pm in the Auburn Arena.
Study Abroad Course-The 2012 Summer HADM Spanish Health Care System study abroad course will be holding informational meetings. Contact Dr. McEldowney for more information.
News
Research Grant: Program faculty have been awarded an $85,000 research grant from the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Center of Disease Control.
AIT Program: The Health Services Administration program is pleased to announce its partnership with the Alabama Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators. This partnership will allow qualified AU HADM program graduates to sit for the National Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Exam directly after graduation.
Graduation Marshal: Congratulations to Anna Lane for being selected as the Graduation Marshal for the College of Liberal Arts at this summer’s graduation ceremony.
Faculty News
Dr. McEldowney will be presenting a paper at the Rural Health Care Leadership conference.
Dr. Erwin has been selected as a judge for the UAB MHA case competition.
Dr. McEldowney was interviewed by the Birmingham Business journal.
Ms. Johnson gave a presentation on the Program’s internship in Costa Rica at the SAMLA conference.
Dr. Erwin will be the new incoming President Elect of the Alabama State Chapter of the American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE).
Dr. McEldowney presented research at the National Quality Colloquium at Harvard University
Dr. Bobrowski, Dr. McEldowney, and Ms. Johnson presented their research at the annual AUPHA conference.
Dr. Bobrowski and Dr. McEldowney recently attended Modern Health Care’s Women Leadership in Health Care Conference in Atlanta GA.
Dr. Erwin presented a paper at the annual Academy of Management meeting.
Dr. McEldowney presented research on Patient Safety at the National QSEN conference.
Ms. Johnson has been named to the Alabama Nursing Home Association’s Associate Member Committee
Dr. McEldowney recently received a grant to study AHRQ patient safety organizational change.
Dr. McEldowney has been awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Scholarship to attend the National Congress on Health Care Reform in Washington D.C.
Dr. Erwin has been asked to serve as a paper reviewer for the Academy of Management Health Care Management Division and the Public/Non Profit Division.
Dr. McEldowney presented a research paper at the annual national ASPA conference.
Dr. Burns and Dr. Erwin attended the annual HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida.
Dr. McEldowney has been named to the Manuscript Review Board of Health Care Policy Forum.
Program Announcements
Personal Graduate School Coach: Students interested in applying to graduate school who would like personal coaching from program alumni, please contact Dr. McEldowney.
Business classes: Students planning to take classes in the College of Business need to download this form and instructions.
UPD: Applications are now being taken for membership in the Health Administration Honorary Society, Upsilon Phi Delta. Applications and qualification criteria are currently available on the Honorary Society page. Contact Dr. Burns for additional details.
HADM Advisors: To better serve HADM majors and accommodate increasing enrollment, HADM faculty student advising has been restructured as follows:
Dr. Mark Burns (burnsma@auburn.edu) is the advisor for A-E
Dr. Cathleen Eriwn (coe0001@auburn.edu) is the advisor for F-M
Ms. Jennifer Johnson (hindmjl@auburn.edu) is the advisory for N-S
René McEldowney (mceldrp@auburn.edu) is the advisor for T-Z
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Last updated February 1, 2012