Robert Curtis

Dr. Robert Curtis
Program Chair, Healthcare Management and Healthcare Information Systems Management
curtisr@franklin.edu

 


 

D.H.A. Medical University of South Carolina, 1999, Health Administration
M.H.A. Washington University, 1973, Health Administration
B.A. University of Connecticut, 1969

 

2007-Present Franklin University, Program Chair, Healthcare Information Systems Management
2001-2003 Medical University of South Carolina, Chair of the Leadership Committee (Program Director) for the Doctoral Program in Health Administration
2001 Ball State University, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate course in Health Care Administration
1999-2001 Medical University of South Carolina, Chair of the DHA Steering Committee and Adjunct Associate Professor
1998-2007 Cardinal Health System (Indiana), President and CEO
1995-2001 New York University-Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate  course in Health Care Administration
1993-2003 Washington University, Adjunct Faculty
1983-1998 Clara Maass Health System and Medical Center (New Jersey), President and CEO
1977-1983 North Carolina Baptist Hospitals (Wake Forest Medical Center), Vice President

 

2002 Increasing Access to Health Care, paper presented at MBBA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill.
2002 Regionalizing Access to Health care, presentation to ACHE Congress, Chicago, Ill.
2002 Developing a Core Competency-Based Curriculum for Health Executive Doctoral Education, Co-author, Walter Jones, Ph.D., presentation AUPHA Annual Meeting, Richmond, Va.
2001 Successful Collaboration between Hospitals and Physicians; Processes or Structure?, Hospital Topics, Vol. 70, No. 2, spring.
2001 Accountability for Quality at the Board Level: Issues for System Boards, paper presented at AUPHA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
2001 Process-Oriented Collaboration in Health Care Organizations, presented at ACHE Congress, Chicago, Ill.
2001 Successful Collaboration between Hospitals and Physicians; Processes or Structure?, paper presented at MBAA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill., Distinguished Award for Conference.
1998 Assessing the Impact of Increased Managed Care on Hospitals, by Charles A, Mowell, Practitioner Application Review, Journal of Healthcare Management.
1997 Changing Role of Stakeholders in the Delivery of Health Care Services, contributing author, Health Services Management, 5th Edition, Editors-Kovner and Neuhauser, AUPHA/HUP
1996 Integrating the Physician into the Organization Decision-Making Process, co-author, Best Practices and Benchmarking in Healthcare.
1984 Opening Additional Hospital Beds during an Acute Nursing Shortage, Nursing Administration Quarterly, winter.
1983 Hospitals are Us, by Robert Cadmus, M.D., Book review, Hospital & Health Administration Quarterly, fall.
1982 Alternative Scheduling for O.R. Personnel, Hospitals.

 

  Delaware Advancement Corporation, Board of Directors and Chair
  VHA Central Board of Directors
  Business and Health Administration Association
  Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors
  Vision 2006 and 2011, Board of Directors
  Muncie Incubator Corporation, Board of Directors
  Indiana Hospital Association
  American Association of Medical Colleges
  U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  NJHA Task Force on Managed Care
  University Healthcare Corporation, Board of Trustees
  VHA East and New Jersey Consolidated, Board of Trustees
  New Jersey Hospital Association, Board of Directors
  Presbyterian Homes of New Jersey, Board of Directors
  Essex/Hudson/Union Counties Hospital Administration Council
  Rotary International (Muncie, Indiana)
  United Way, Board of Directors (Delaware County, Indiana)

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