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Emergency medicine physician expands leadership and entrepreneurship after earning an MBA

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Emergency medicine physician expands leadership and entrepreneurship after earning an MBAIn April 2020, southern Georgia became a hot spot for COVID-19 cases, claiming some of the highest infections and deaths per capita in the country. As the situation evolved and patient volumes spiked and then later dropped, Dr. Azer held daily meetings with his front-line team to ensure they were managing the swings effectively.

Fear drives charitable giving during pandemic

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A new study finds that people’s fear during the COVID-19 pandemic is actually driving their willingness to donate to charitable organizations during this time. In March, Kelley School of Business at IUPUI professor Helen Colby and student Angela Smith launched a series of online studies to determine how the current pandemic was impacting people’s willingness…… Read more »

CEO uses MBA lessons as hospital admits one of the first COVID cases in Indiana

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CEO uses MBA lessons as hospital admits one of the first COVID cases in IndianaAt 12:40 am on March 9, 2020, Scott Smith, MD, MBA’20, got a call. The CEO and medical director of Adams Health Network in northeast Indiana, Dr. Smith is also an emergency medicine physician, and he was the administrator on call the night that his 25-bed, rural hospital system received one of the first COVID-19 patient admissions in Indiana.