The American Journal of Nursing has awarded College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation faculty Kathy Malloch, director of the Master of Healthcare Innovation (MHI) Program, and Tim Porter-O’Grady, MHI faculty and leadership scholar, a “Book of the Year Award.” The award is for Managing Success in Health Care St. Louis, Mosby Elsevier in the Nursing Management and Leadership category. The co-authors have written six books together and also received a book of the year award in 2005 for Quantum Leader: The New World of Work. Sudbury: MA. Jones & Bartlett.
Dr. Kathy Malloch, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN is a nationally recognized expert in healthcare leadership and the development of effective evidence-based processes and systems for patient care.
Dr. Porter-O’Grady, DM, EdD, APRN, FAAN has been in healthcare in roles from staff nurse to senior executive in a variety of settings. He is currently senior partner in an international healthcare consulting firm specializing in health futures, organizational innovation, conflict and change, and health service delivery models. Dr. Porter-O’Grady has published extensively in healthcare with 15 books to his credit, including six which he co-authored with Dr. Malloch. He has consulted internationally with more than 900 institutions and has lectured in over 1,000 settings worldwide.
The MHI Program is the first interdisciplinary program of its kind accessible anywhere in the U.S. While innovation content and coursework are interspersed within many collegiate programs, Dr. Malloch said no program completely dedicated to healthcare innovation currently exists. The program offers a futuristic, multidisciplinary and educational approach to the development of healthcare leaders who base decisions upon the best evidence available.
