Establishing a University Academic Healthcare Institute with Multiple Centers: A Case Study

Gary R. Hackbarth, Valdosta State University

ABSTRACT
The new Health Sciences and Business Administration (HSBA) building at Valdosta State University is intended to integrate resources from the Langdale College of Business, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and the James L. and Dorothy H. Dewar College of Education of Education and Human Services to enhance the health and well-being of our regional population through innovation, collaborative research, education, and effective healthcare delivery. Ongoing preparations to create a Healthcare Institute within this framework suggest the need for open communications, willingness to change, and political will in order to write a detailed business plan to implement such an Institute.

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