Article Archive for January 2012
IT for Health Care Management
There is growing national and international interest in how healthcare systems could be architected to enhance the costs and quality of medical care. Evidence from successfully implemented healthcare systems demonstrates the powerful potential for IS …
Health Informatics: Critical to Healthcare’s Success
As the nation focuses on improving quality of care and reducing costs in the delivery healthcare, health information technology has received increased attention. On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment …
Alumni Notes: January 2012
Joseph “Joe” Caruncho (BBA ’81) has been appointed to the Board of Governors by Governor Rick Scott.
Cristina Gaston (BBA ’01) has been named account manager for VSBrooks Advertising.
Pepsi Co. has promoted Jose A. Betancourt (BBA …
Faculty Notes: January 2012
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems
An article titled “Health Informatics: Critical to Healthcare’s Success” by Nancy Borkowski, clinical associate professor and director of graduate health management programs, was published in the South Florida Hospital …
Food for thought: Boris Hirmas shares dinner, firsthand experiences with FIU Business students.
In his new role as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business Administration, Boris Hirmas wanted to start a conversation with undergraduate students about how they envisioned their careers in international business after …
New home boosts residential remodeler
Greg Ramel runs his residential remodeling company more like a retail store than a construction company. That may help explain how St. Paul-based Window Concepts of Minnesota has posted record sales in each of the …
U.S. loosens mortgage aid requirements
Investors with rental properties and homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages because of other debt can now qualify for federal aid under radical changes to the Obama administration’s main foreclosure prevention plan.
The revamp of the …
Undergrads serve as editorial team—and writers—for CUIBE international business journal.
Having a keen focus on international business isn’t the only differentiator for the Journal for Global Business and Community (JGBC), an academic journal from CUIBE, the Consortium of Undergraduate International Business Education, with 30 member …
Digicel program recognizes and encourages Haitian entrepreneurs.
As Haiti marked the second anniversary of its devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010, one of the most significant signs of economic growth is a strong entrepreneurial spirit, very much a part of that country.
The …
State Farm Financial Literacy Lab Weekly Market Wrap Up, June 16-20, 2012
January 16 – 20, 2012
Submitted by: Charles Stack
As fourth quarter results are being reported, we see a mixed bag of earnings coming out of the U.S. market. By 11:48am ET the S&P 500 had already …
President Rosenberg welcomes Chapman graduate students at orientation.
He had just moved to Miami from Georgia two weeks earlier to begin studies in the Chapman Graduate School of Business in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU).
But in one evening, …
Health informatics master’s program brings IT specialty to medical community.
Starting in fall 2012, Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business Administration will offer a master’s degree in health informatics, giving graduates a leg up in one of the fastest growing fields in the healthcare …
IBHS members visit Miami International Airport, Federal Reserve Bank.
Miami International Airport (MIA) is the largest U.S. gateway for Latin America and the Caribbean and one of the leading international passenger and freight airports in the world. Over 80 airlines provide flights to approximately …
From factory tours to dinner in the desert, students enjoy study abroad in Dubai.
Since the discovery of oil in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the early 1960’s, the country has been transformed from an impoverished region of small desert principalities to a modern state with a high …
