Tag: covid-19

Emergency medicine physician executive balances life, COVID, and search & rescue during MBA

Posted August 1, 2022 by Sally Winter

Emergency medicine physician executive balances life, COVID, and search & rescue during MBA Doctors who enroll in the Physician MBA Program at the Kelley School of Business are each managing incredibly busy clinical, administrative, research and personal schedules. Chris Strachan, MD, MBA’22, is no exception.

Kentucky pediatrician applies MBA lessons to care for children with special needs across the country

Posted May 24, 2022 by Sally Winter

Kentucky pediatrician applies MBA lessons to care for children with special needs across the country As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States, Pat Purcell, MD, MBA’18, was just a few months into a new role, managing care for children with special needs. There was no structure in place to suddenly provide distanced care for 11 clinics throughout the state. “Everything I learned from the Physician MBA kicked in.”

The 2021 economic rebound: Prepare to feel the “G’s”

Posted March 8, 2021 by Teresa Mackin

Business owners and managers must be proactive instead of reactive. In spite of continued lockdowns and social distancing, leaders must plan in 2021 to quickly accommodate this rapid growth and the higher expenses and constrained capacity that it generates.

New webinar series offers business knowledge during pandemic to healthcare professionals

Posted October 19, 2020 by Teresa Mackin

A new webinar series offered through the Kelley School of Business Graduate Certificate in Medical Management program will give healthcare professionals insight and business knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emergency medicine physician expands leadership and entrepreneurship after earning an MBA

Posted October 2, 2020 by Sally Winter

Emergency medicine physician expands leadership and entrepreneurship after earning an MBA In 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.

Business skills help healthcare professionals navigate during COVID-19

Posted September 17, 2020 by Teresa Mackin

As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in early March, healthcare professionals were faced with a barrage of patients and change—a virus they’d never treated before and new information coming at them every day.

Occupational therapist uses Graduate Certificate in Medical Management to navigate COVID-19 crisis

Posted September 9, 2020 by Sally Winter

When Shelly Ford enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Medical Management at the Kelley School of Business, she couldn’t have predicted a pandemic would change the world a few months later.

Student perspective: Navigating remote learning during COVID-19

Posted July 28, 2020 by ledjeou

This year, COVID-19 changed academic life as we moved from on-campus learning to remote learning.

Fear drives charitable giving during pandemic

Posted June 9, 2020 by Teresa Mackin

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 »

Kelley partnering with Indy Chamber to offer free Rapid Recovery Series webinars to help businesses impacted by COVID-19

Posted May 20, 2020 by Teresa Mackin

Indy Chamber and Kelley Executive Education at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business are partnering to offer a webinar series that will give business owners best practices and strategies for reopening and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.