Faculty

President
Dennis D. Pointer & Associates


Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
  -  Master of Health Administration Program

Prior to joining the UW faculty in 2002, Dennis Pointer was John Hanlon Professor of Health Policy and Research, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University (1991-2002); and Arthur Graham Glasgow Distinguished Professor, Department of Health Administration, Medical College of Virginia (1986-1991). From 1975 to 1986 he was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, and served as Associate Director, UCLA Medical Center; Professor and Chairman, Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health; and Senior Fellow, The RAND Corporation. In addition to his role at UW, Pointer is President, Dennis D. Pointer & Associates (a governance consultation firm) and Vice President and Partner, American Governance and Leadership Group, LLC (the American Hospital Association's leadership and governance development arm).

Box:  357660
(voice)  206-499-1289
dpointer@u.washington.edu

• HSMGMT 562   (Executive MHA Program)
  Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations

Factors affecting healthcare organization governing board performance and contributions. Market structure/dynamics and its impact on the competitive advantage of healthcare organizations. Nature and factors that affect performance of the managerial role.

Dennis D. Pointer and James E. Orlikoff, Getting To Great: Principles of Health Care Organization Governance (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002).

Dennis D. Pointer and James E. Orlikoff, The High Performance Board (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002).

Dennis Pointer and James E. Orlikoff, Board Work: Governing Health Care Organizations (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999); winner of the James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Dennis D. Pointer and Charles M. Ewell, Really Governing: How Health System and Hospital Boards Can Make More of a Difference (New York, NY: Delmar Publications, 1994); winner of the James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives.