{"id":15963,"date":"2012-03-29T16:59:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T20:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=15963"},"modified":"2014-12-16T19:07:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T00:07:36","slug":"faculty-notes-march-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2012\/03\/faculty-notes-march-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Notes: March 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam was profiled in an article titled \u201cFlorida MBA Standouts<\/a>\u201d in Florida Trend<\/em> on March 16, 2012.<\/p>\n School of Accounting<\/em><\/p>\n Antoinette L. Smith, assistant professor, and Monica Chiarini Tremblay, assistant professor, Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems, were two of the co-authors on a paper titled \u201cIT governance characteristics, electronic medical records sophistication, and financial performance in U.S. hospitals: an empirical investigation,\u201d accepted for publication in Decision Sciences Journal<\/em>, a premier publication.<\/p>\n A paper titled \u201cMaterial weakness remediation and earnings quality: a detailed examination by type of control deficiency\u201d co-authored by Kimberly Westermann, assistant professor, was published in Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory<\/em>, a premier publication.<\/p>\n Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems<\/em><\/p>\n Neera Bhansali, visiting clinical assistant professor, had an article titled \u201cThe Changing Landscape for Health Informatics Professionals Warrants New Training\u201d published in the March issue of South Florida Hospital News.<\/em><\/p>\n Gloria Deckard, associate professor, served as a panelist on Health Information Exchange in Florida at the March joint meeting of the TreasureCoast Florida\u00a0 Healthcare Executives and the Central North Florida Health Information Systems Society Chapters in West Palm Beach Florida on March 28. She presented an update on the evaluation research she and Monica Chiarini Tremblay, assistant professor, are conducting for the Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA).<\/p>\n Monica Chiarini Tremblay, assistant professor and Antoinette L. Smith, assistant professor, School of Accounting, were two of the co-authors on a paper titled \u201cIT governance characteristics, electronic medical records sophistication, and financial performance in U.S. hospitals: An Empirical Investigation,\u201d accepted for publication in Decision Sciences Journal<\/em>, a premier publication.<\/p>\n Department of Finance and Real Estate<\/em><\/p>\n A co-authored working paper titled \u201cImpacts of unionization on employment, product quality and productivity: regression discontinuity evidence from nursing homes,\u201d by Min Chen, clinical assistant professor, was published on the home page of the National Bureau of Economic Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ken H. Johnson, associate professor, has been quoted in several publications recently: \u201cPalm Beach County home prices lag U.S. average<\/a>\u201d in the Palm Beach Post<\/em>; and twice on CNN Money Home buying much cheaper than renting<\/a> on March 21st<\/sup> and \u201cHome prices fall to 2002 levels<\/a>\u201d on March 27th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n Department of Management and International Business<\/em><\/p>\n Jerry Haar, professor, had an article titled \u201cBrazil: a cautionary note<\/a>\u201d published in Latin Business Chronicle<\/em> on March 20th<\/sup>. He was quoted in \u201cEducational provision vs. labor demand<\/a>,\u201d an article in Revista Summa<\/em> on February 14th<\/sup>. The business magazine is published in Costa Rica and distributed in Colombia, among other places.<\/p>\n