The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration hosted the Second Annual Bluegrass Community Healthcare Breakfast on April 3, 2008; 8:00 – 9:30am; at Sheraton Four Points, located at 1938 Stanton Way, Lexington, KY. The featured speaker for this year’s event was Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo. This event was open to everyone interested in public policy and health policy/administration. Click
here for full press release,
here for registration details, and
here for the event summary.
The March 2008 MHA Professional development event featured a panel of healthcare executives discussing career paths. The panelists spoke of their organization, personal career paths, duties and responsibilities of their positions, and provided helpful tips to the students when they begin their career. Click
here for event summary.
The Martin School’s MHA Alumni hosted an Alumni Dinner on Tuesday March 11th at the American College of Healthcare Executives’ (ACHE), Congress on Healthcare Leadership. Click
here for event summary and
here for a student’s perspective on the 2008 ACHE Congress.
On January 24th, 2008 the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration held an Outreach Event with UK Healthcare. Click
here for a summary of the days events.
On November 20, 2007, The Martin School’s Public Organization Theory and Behavior (HA 642) course hosted guest speaker Mr. David Meier, Lean consultant. Click
here to read full story.
The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration’s MHA program hosted its first speed networking event with alumni on Thursday, November 15, 2007. Current students were given 3-4 minutes to approach each alumnus and start up a business conversation. When time was up, they moved to the next alumni and started again. After the speed networking event, alumni noted the good and bad things they saw and gave their networking tips. Click
here to read full story.
On October 18, 2007, forty-five representatives of the Martin School's Master of Health Administration program toured the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. Students, alumni, professors, and guests completed the ninety minute tour gaining knowledge about Toyota’s popular process improvement theory, LEAN. Those in attendance were encouraged to link Toyota’s LEAN efforts to opportunities to improve processes in healthcare. Participants took away observations about employee empowerment, supply management, rewards and recognition, and workplace design. Click
here for the complete story.
Following the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) exercises conducted August 28-30 in Lexingtons healthcare facilities, the Martin School hosted a panel discussion on
Healthcare Emergency Preparedness. Earl Motzer, CEO of Haggin Memorial Hospital and a Martin School adjunct faculty member led a discussion addressing public relations, human resources and staffing issues, weather emergencies, coordination between facilities, protection of medical records, and pharmaceuticals. In dealing with the public, the panel stressed the importance of telling the truth, rather than dancing around the subject. Check out the full story
here.
The Martin School was excited to host the
Inaugural Community Healthcare Breakfast on April 2,
2007 at the Sheraton Suites Lexington. The breakfast featured invited guest speaker Secretary for Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Mark Birdwhistell.
Professor
Merl Hackbart has been selected to receive the S. Kenneth Howard Award, presented by the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management. This award is given in recognition of the exemplary work and professional integrity of an individual who has devoted a significant part of his or her public service career to the advancement of public budgeting and financial management. ABFM will present the award at its annual meeting in October.
Dwight Denison has been elected vice-chair of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management. He will take office at the Associations annual meeting in October.
The Martin School congratulates Endowed Professor of Public Finance and Professor of Economics
David Wildasin
on his recent appointment to the
Kentucky Consensus Forecasting Group. A non-partisan group, the Kentucky Consensus
Forecasting Group provides economic estimates on future state revenues for the Kentucky state government.
Congratulations to Martin School Director
Edward Jennings.
He was elected as a Fellow in the
National Academy of
Public Administration. This is the highest honor to be bestowed upon someone in public administration.
He joins an elite group of academics and practitioners who are recognized for
leadership and devotion to effective public administration.
