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Department of Healthcare Administration and Policy News

Students in the Department of Healthcare Administration and Policy gain a comprehensive view of the healthcare delivery system and develop an understanding of health and disease. Our mission is to provide a world class academic experience to the future generations of healthcare administrators, conduct impactful research, and engage and serve those in the healthcare system.

Current Healthcare Administration and Policy News

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School of Public Health graduate programs build the skills necessary to take on organizational challenges and establish leadership in expanding workforce sector.

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UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield to honor four Winter 2020 graduates for their academic, research, and community impact.

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UNLV president Marta Meana will highlight four graduating students at commencement who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the Class of 2019.

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Achievement in Service Award winner Ken Bahl has been a key figure in UNLV's Alumni Association.

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MGM College Opportunity Program at UNLV offers a flexible and affordable way for the company's employees to complete their degrees.

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UNLV faculty and students honored with Service-Learning, Community-Based Research, Faculty/Staff Outreach, and Student Service awards.

Healthcare Administration and Policy In The News

The Nevadan

It’s been nearly two years since the Biden-Harris administration passed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. Since then, the law’s provisions on prescription drugs have lowered prices for Medicare users across the country, including thousands of Nevadans.

Nevada Independent

Renown Health holds a dominant place in Northern Nevada’s health care landscape. The nonprofit health system owns and operates two of the six major hospitals in the broader Carson-Reno-Tahoe region and has a 100,000-square-mile service area that’s one of the largest territorial reaches in the state.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The nursing home resident’s first recorded signs of COVID-19 were subtle: a low-grade fever, accompanied by coughing.

Casino.org

Health officials predict many US hospitals soon will be overrun with patients. Well before the outbreak, in total, Nevada had 6,304 hospital beds in 2017. Nevada’s 2.1 hospital beds per 1,000 people is lower than the national average of 2.4, according to the Nevada Current.

Casino.org

Health officials predict many US hospitals soon will be overrun with patients. Well before the outbreak, in total, Nevada had 6,304 hospital beds in 2017. Nevada’s 2.1 hospital beds per 1,000 people is lower than the national average of 2.4, according to the Nevada Current.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Nevada’s shortage of doctors means many worried patients are scrambling to find a primary care physician who can provide quick diagnoses about coronavirus symptoms or testing options.

Healthcare Administration and Policy Experts

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Recent Healthcare Administration and Policy Accomplishments

Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy, Center for Health Disparities Research), Zahra Mojtahedi, and Pearl Kim (both Healthcare Administration and Policy) recently presented "Palliative Care Services Among Hospitalized Children with Serious and Life-Limiting Conditions in the U.S." at the 8th Public Health Palliative Care International…
Sidath Kapukotuwa, Tim Grigsby (both Social and Behavioral Health), and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy) published an article on "Emergency Department Visits Among Adolescents for Intentional Assault, Firearm, Poison, and Self-Harm Injuries Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States" in the journal Cureus. This…
Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy,  Center for Health Disparities Research) co-authored "Hospital management and healthcare policy: financing, resourcing and accessibility" in Frontiers in Public Health.
Siddharth Raich, Christopher Johansen, Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), Neeraj Bhandari (Healthcare Administration), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article, titled, “Developing a theory-based instrument for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake in people of color using a qualitative approach,” in the journal Healthcare (…
Pearl Kim, Chris Cochran, Neeraj Bhanderi (all Healthcare Administration and Policy), Billy Bai  (Hospitality), and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy, Center for Health Disparities Research) recently published "Increasing Emotional Distress and Use of Health Services among Hospitality Industry Workers During and After the COVID-…
Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Ji Won Yoo (Internal Medicine), and Tae Ha Chung (Internal Medicine) published an article, "Class III Obesity as a Risk Factor for Persistent Asthma," in Respiratory Care. They found that obesity was identified as a risk factor for persistent asthma,…