Lead Change in the Health Care Sector Master of Science in Health Care Transformation
CLASS OF 2020 AND 2021 Dear Prospective Applicant, The goal of health care delivery should be achieving better health results for individuals and families. Too often, however, this goal is lost among fragmented services, frustrating inefficiencies, and a focus on the wrong priorities. At The University of Texas at Austin, we offer a first-of-its-kind Master of Science in Health Care Transformation degree that equips students with the skills necessary to change health care, focusing on what matters most: better health for those we serve. This one-year program provides practical, “how-to” guidance for increasing health care value by dramatically improving outcomes for patients and their families relative to care costs. Offered jointly by Dell Medical School and the McCombs School of Business, the MS in Health Care Transformation uses a blended format designed for working professionals that combines online and onsite learning. Students spend a total of four weeks in Austin (one week each in August, January, May, and August). Online classes, which take place between those residential periods, include about 15 hours of coursework per week and cover topics such as designing effective care delivery solutions, measuring meaningful outcomes, and leading teams for excellence. Our students hail from across the health care sector and are unified by a common desire to make transformation a reality. Together with our growing alumni base, this cohort creates a foundation of professional relationships that will support them throughout their careers. Health care needs better models of care delivery. We hope you’ll join us to become a leader in catalyzing change.
Elizabeth Teisberg
Scott Wallace
Co-founder and Executive Director, Value Institute for Health and Care
Co-founder and Managing Director, Value Institute for Health and Care
One-Year Master’s Program for Working Health Care Professionals The one-year Master of Science in Health Care Transformation degree equips leaders and emerging leaders across the health care sector with the knowledge, skills, and capabilities required to design and lead health care services that achieve better health and better value for individuals and families. Delivered in a hybrid format, the program is designed to be completed while working full time. The curriculum provides practical strategies and solutions, many of which can be implemented immediately in your own organization. You will progress through the degree program with a cohort of like-minded individuals and dedicated faculty; this relationship network will last well beyond the twelve months of the degree program. The program is delivered by the Value Institute for Health and Care. The Institute’s vision is to improve health outcomes and train leaders to transform health care worldwide. We strive to redefine health care through education, translational research, new relationship-centered care models, and outcomes measurement.
Program Highlights One-year program
Combines online and onsite learning
Designed to be completed while working full time
Fosters lasting relationships with transformation-driven colleagues
Provides practical strategies and solutions
Provides the opportunity to design and implement a real-world project
A Dynamic Curriculum The program’s interdisciplinary curriculum combines the best thinking and approaches in analytics, design, business, leadership, and other areas to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and hands-on experiences they need to create and lead value-based health care transformation.
Students will learn: • How to evaluate opportunities and challenges to creating value in health care. • How to identify solutions, measure outcomes that matter to patients, analyze and use data, and align financial success with health success. • How to apply skills in finance, accounting, negotiations, and team leadership in the health sector. • How to lead system change to transform care delivery, improve health outcomes, and accelerate professional learning
Courses
Lenses
• Aspiration, Innovation, & Inertia in Health Care
Throughout the program, students gain perspective on three foundational lenses that are critical to achieving higher-value health care: equity (How can we eliminate disparities in health care delivery and health outcomes?), personal leadership (How can I identify and leverage my strengths to lead transformational change?), and relationshipcentered care (How do relationships between providers, patients, families, and others contribute to better health outcomes?).
• Creating Value for Individuals & Families • Measuring Outcomes that Matter • Experiential Learning Project 1: Project Planning & Preparation • Redefining Health Delivery Solutions • Health Care Finance & Payment • Leadership & Communication for Managing Change • Experiential Learning Project 2: Project Measurement & Implementation • Systems and Technology Strategy • Strategy for Transformation • Experiential Learning Project 3: Project Evaluation & Dissemination
Students engage with experts in equity, personal leadership, and relationship-centered care to apply these lenses in their work both within and beyond the program.
Admissions The admissions process is selective, and we are looking for professionals from across the health care sector who want to lead change in existing organizations, become transformational leaders, and create high-value services.
A completed application consists of the following: All sections within online application filled to entirety Official transcripts GRE or GMAT scores * Resume TOEFL or IELTS score for all international applicants Personal essays Two letters of recommendation
Candidates who complete applications by the deadline will be contacted for an interview. Applicants can increase their scholarship chances by applying early.
The deadlines for guaranteed consideration are: December 15 February 1 (preferred deadline for international students)
April 1
• Waivers for professional experience and advanced degrees available upon request.
Core Faculty The program is taught by faculty in both the McCombs School of Business and Dell Medical School, as well as three other colleges across The University of Texas at Austin. Faculty are both academic and industry experts, and our small class sizes allow students to build relationships with health care leaders.
A Few of Our Faculty Elizabeth Teisberg is the executive director of the Value Institute, a professor in the Department of Medical Education, and a professor in the Department of Business, Government, and Society. She co-authored, “Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results,” which introduced the concept of value to health care delivery.
Scott Wallace is the managing director for the Value Institute, an associate professor in the Department of Medical Education, and a clinical associate professor in the Department of Accounting. He leverages his business, health care IT, and health policy background to work with students, employers, health care leaders, and other stakeholders to transform health care delivery in the U.S. and around the world.
Alice Andrews is the director of education for the Value Institute, an assistant professor in the Department of Medical Education, and a clinical associate professor in the Department of Management. She uses her expertise in health care delivery education to create curricula that enable health care providers, leaders, and other stakeholders to transform health care delivery.
Kathleen Carberry is the outcomes program officer for the Value Institute, an assistant professor in the Department of Medical Education, and a lecturer in the McCombs School of Business. She has been a registered nurse for 20 years focused on pediatrics, cardiac critical care, and outcomes measurement implementation for a variety of medical conditions.
Erin Donovan is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies and specializes in interpersonal and health communication. The primary foci of her work involves the strategic management of sensitive information and difficult conversations, especially pertaining to health, illness, and risk.
Stephen Limberg is the PricewaterhouseCoopers centennial professor in accounting for McCombs School of Business. Between 1996 and 2020 he has served as the Accounting Department chairperson, executive director of the Master in Professional Accounting Program, and most recently the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs. He has had significant involvement in the development of innovative courses delivered at UT Austin as well as internationally.
Douglas Morrice holds the Bobbie and Coulter R. Sublett Centennial Professorship in Business. He is also professor of operations management and associate dean for undergraduate programs at the McCombs School. His research includes the modeling and analysis of problems in health care operations management, risk management, and supply chain management.
Kevin Bozic is the inaugural chair of surgery and perioperative care at Dell Medical School. He is a nationally recognized leader in orthopaedic surgery and value-based health care payment and delivery models. Bozic’s clinical practice is focused on the management of patients with hip and knee arthritis.
Barbara Jones is a university distinguished teaching professor, the Josleen and Frances Lockhart memorial professor of direct social work practice, and associate dean for health affairs at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work. She is also the chair of the Department of Health Social Work and a professor at Dell Medical School as well as an associate director at the LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes.
Steve Steffensen is a board-certified neurologist and former active-duty Navy officer who is recognized as a national leader in health innovation. He is an associate professor in the departments of Neurology and Population Health at Dell Medical School.
Indranil Bardhan is Foster Parker centennial professor of management in the McCombs School of Business. He is a distinguished fellow of the INFORMS Information Systems Society. His research focuses on healthcare analytics and informatics and the economic impacts of information technology.
Christina Åkerman is an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Medical Education. She is the senior advisor of ICHOM and senior institute associate at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC) at Harvard Business School. Between 2014-2018 she served as the president of ICHOM.
Chris Ulack is the experience group manager at the Value Institute for Health and Care. He has spent the last 10 years conducting and analyzing qualitative research in the health care field. His emphasis on the medical field has given him insight into how physicians, patients, caregivers, nurses, and others experience a variety of medical conditions.
Kristie Loescher is a senior lecturer for McCombs School of Business. She teaches management, organizational behavior, human resources, leadership, and health care system classes. Her academic publications focus on ethical education, organizational ethics, diversity management, process improvement in health care delivery systems, and health care reform.
Class Profile Advanced Degrees 67% of students have advanced degrees (MD, MBA, MS, MPH, etc.)
Locations 5 countries: US, Canada, Australia, Brazil, South Africa 20 states: (TX, MI, GA, AL, KS, IL, VT, KY, MO, WI, CO, TN, NY, NC, FL, VA, CA, OH, WA, OR)
Represented Health Care Sectors
41% Executive Administrators (Hospitals, Health Plans, Public Policy, Employer Benefits, Government Agencies)
28% Clinician Leaders 14% Industry Leaders (Device, Pharmaceutical, Digital Health, Consulting, Real Estate)
17% UT Dell Med Students
Years of Health Care Experience (excluding medical students)
26%
43%
31%
3-10 years
11-20 years
21+ years
Average Age
42
Represented job titles and organizations include: CEO
President and CEO
Lone Star Circle of Care
CKF Addiction Treatment
Executive Administrative Director
Practice Transformation Specialist
Stanford Children’s
Florida Blue
Senior Population Health Analyst
Physician, Medical Director Quality
Anthem BCBS
BSW Health Dallas
Senior Policy Advisor
Director of Transformation Management
Texas Health & Human Services Commission
Ascension Texas
CFO
Sr. Operations Consultant
Covenant Children’s Hospital
Livongo Health
Product Director of Clinical Services
RN, Director of Telemedicine and Digital Initiatives
Lash Group
Alabama Cardiovascular Group
Physician Chief of Staff
Medical Manager
Northside Hospital Atlanta
Albert Einstein Hospital, Brazil
Acting Chief of Clinical Measurement
Sr. Team Leader Benefits Strategy
US Defense Health Agency
Whole Foods Market
Chief Patient Experience Officer
Director of Clinical Social Work
MD Anderson
UT Health Austin
Program Reviews “ The MSHCT program is life changing. With every course, I’m gaining professionally relevant knowledge that I am able to confidently incorporate into my career as a physician, director, and health care advocate. We have been taught to become accurate and concise advocates, a skill so necessary when we describe and propose our projects to stakeholders.”
“ The way I’ve learned to quantify and conceptualize value in this program has allowed me to communicate the importance of measuring outcomes and expanding analysis beyond cost alone. This has enabled me to bring additional value to my clients and apply a value-based lens to the organizations I work for.” - Lauren Jackson, MPAff, MSHCT Sr. Consultant, Capital Healthcare Planning
- David Schneider, D.O. Physician, Associate Medical Director Telehealth, Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region
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“ This program has enamored me not only with the tools to transform healthcare but has also provided insights on how I can “shift” the needle --even if it’s just a few inches--and tilt the scale of outcomes that truly matter to others, in the right direction.”
- Princely Ebwe, Security Operations Center Analyst, Aspire Technology Partners
“ Everyone is incredibly gracious with all their knowledge, their heart, and their care. It’s as if everything was baked in and just so intentional. Every little piece of it was well thought out and with very good intentions.” - Donna Shanor Director of Clinical Social Work, Department of Health Social Work, Dell Medical School
“ This program is right on time. It has great relevance to decisions I’m making every day, and my thinking about those decisions has already evolved based on what I’m learning. I have never had this level of applicability or immediate translation in an academic program.”
“ The interdisciplinary aspect of the program was a highlight for me. I don’t think that at any other point in my career I’ll sit down in a room with people representing so many different perspectives across the spectrum of health care. Being able to hear and learn from those perspectives was really helpful.”
- Rhonda Mundhenk, JD, MPH
- Pooja Srikanth
CEO, Lone Star Circle of Care
Dell Medical School student
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Keep In Touch Application website: mccombs.utexas.edu/Health-Care-Transformation Value Institute website: valueinstitute.utexas.edu 512-495-5878 valueinstitute@dellmed.utexas.edu @UTexasValue Value Institute for Health and Care at UT Austin