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Joel Shalowitz
Joel Shalowitz

HEALTH INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & MARKETS
Professor of Health Industry Management
Director of the Health Industry Management Program

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Joel I. Shalowitz, MD, MBA, FACP is Professor of Health Industry Management and Director of the Health Industry  Management Program at Kellogg as well as a Professor of Medicine and of Preventive Medicine  at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He is also Visiting Professor of Health Industry Management at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto.

Dr. Shalowitz received his ScB and MD degrees (Sigma Xi) from Brown University and his MBA degree (Beta Gamma Sigma) from Northwestern University.  He also completed post-graduate internal medicine training at Northwestern. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. His areas of special interest are health insurance, ambulatory care management, quality improvement and international healthcare systems. In 2004 he was a Fulbright Scholar at the Schulich Business School, York University in Toronto and in 2007 he was a Fulbright Senior Specialist and Visiting Professor at Keio University Medical School in Tokyo. Recent publications include: Strategic Marketing For Health Care Organizations: Building A Customer-Driven Health System (Jossey-Bass, 2008) with Philip Kotler and Robert J. Stevens.

Areas of Expertise
Healthcare Management
Healthcare Quality
Hospital/Physician Relations
International Healthcare
Managed Care Systems
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Education
MBA, 1982, Northwestern University
MD, 1977, Brown University
ScB, 1974, Brown University

 
Print Research
Research Interests
International Healthcare Systems; Medical Group Management; Managed Care Systems; Quality Assessment

Articles
Shalowitz, Joel. 2008. Healthcare: The Universal Question. Healthcare in America, The Management Report.: 18-20.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1999. Pediatric Undernutrition and Managed Health Care.: 295-302.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1997. Doctors Who Run With the MBAs. Today's Internist.: 37-38.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1996. Decide to Delegate. Unique Opportunities.: 30-35.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1996. Medicine and Management: A Combined Educational Program. Journal of Health Administration Education. 14: 305-313.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1996. Practicing in Medicare Managed Care. Internist. 37: 13-15.
Shalowitz, Joel and Kurt Hugenberg. 1995. The Future of Pathology Practice in the Untied States. Archives of Pathology. 119: 600-601.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1995. Total Quality Management at Motorola: A Successful Blueprint for Manufacturing and Service Organizations. Journal of Health Administration Education. 13: 15-23.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1993. Physician Office-Based Information Systems for Managed Care Plans. Managed Care Quarterly. 1(3): 54-62.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1989. Gallstone Emesis. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 84: 334-336.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1989. Reimbursement Trends in Clinical Oncology: Payment and Quality Issues. Cancer Investigation. 7(3): 277-282.
Abstract
Shalowitz, Joel. 1988. Computerized Billing Systems - A Cost Benefit Analysis. Medical Management. 1: 2-3.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1988. Parotid Metastasis of Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung Causing facial Nerve Paralysis. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 46(5): 404-406.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1987. Marketing Home Health Care to Health Maintenance Organizations. Journal of Ambulatory Care Marketing. 1: 91-99.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1985. How to Recover What FACC's May be Taking Away Today. Group Practice Journal. 34: 34-40.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1985. Losing Your Memory, Byte by Byte?. Computers and Medicine. 14: 4-5.
Shalowitz, Mervin and Joel Shalowitz. 1983. HMO Income: What It Takes to make It. Group Practice Journal. 32: 27-32.
Book Chapters
Shalowitz, Joel. 1999. "Policy Challenges." In The Twenty First Century Healthcare Leader, edited by Roderick W. Gilkey, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1998. "The Health Care System and Medicine - Current States." In In Search of Physician Leadership [edited by Barbara LeTourneau, Wesley Curry], 15-38. Foundation of the Amer College.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1998. "The Healthcare System and Medicine - Current States." In In Search of Physician Leadership, edited by Barbara LeTourneau and Wesley Curry, Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1998. "The Management Challenge." In MD/MBA: Physicians on the New Frontier of Medical management [edited by Arthur Lazarus], 7-16. American College of Physician Executives.
Shalowitz, Joel and Stephen M. Shortell. 1988. "The Emerging Roles of Physicians in Health Care Systems." In The Emerging Roles of Physicians in Health Care Systems, 29-54. American Hospital Association.
Shalowitz, Joel. 1983. "Hospitals and Other Health Facilities." In Health and Medical Horizons: A Yearbook of Health and Medicine 1983, 262-265. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co.
Other
Shalowitz, Joel. "Use of a Data Base System for HMO Management.".
Shalowitz, Joel. "The Role of HMO's In Occupational Health.".
Books
Kotler, Philip and Joel Shalowitz. 2007. Strategic Marketing for Health Care Organizations: Building a Customer-Driven Health Care System. Jossey-Bass.

 
Print Teaching
Teaching Interests
Healthcare Management; Managed Care
Full-Time / Part-Time MBA
Introduction to the Principles and Management of Health Industry Systems (formerly HIMT-440-0) (HEMA-440-0)

This course counts toward the following majors: Health Enterprise Management, Health Industry Management

Although this course is intended primarily for first-year students majoring in health industry management, all students with an interest in this sector are encouraged to enroll. It is particularly useful for students interested in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical devices, who need to understand not only how their sector fits into the industry but also how their customers are paid and how they use their products. The course introduces students to the key issues confronting the major participants in the U.S. health system (suppliers, providers and payers). Topics covered include a framework for evaluating healthcare systems, understanding the demand for healthcare products and services, technology assessment, managed care systems, cost/quality issues and payment mechanisms.

Health Services Management Field Study/Project Management (formerly HIMT-512-0) (HEMA-512-0)

This course counts toward the following majors: Health Enterprise Management, Health Industry Management

This course is the LEAP offering for the HIMT major. Students complete a project of their own choosing under the supervision of a faculty adviser and an executive in the healthcare field.

Medical Innovations/Med Class (HEMA-917-0)


International Healthcare Systems (INTL-442-0)

This course counts toward the following majors: Health Enterprise Management, Health Industry Management, International Business.

Healthcare businesses, whether pharmaceutical or biotech companies, medical product manufacturers or healthcare systems, must all deal with the same fundamental principles. These principles evolve from a choice of the tradeoffs among cost, quality, and access to care. International healthcare systems also make decisions based on these tradeoffs. This course covers basic topics common to all healthcare systems and focuses on countries of particular interest to students. The instructor will present principles common to all systems as well as specifics of the U.S. market (the world’s largest). Students will research and present perspectives of other countries. By studying what works, what doesn’t work and why, students will be able to draw valuable lessons about the transportability and applicability of best practices across international systems. This course will cover such topics as technology assessment, financing, quality improvement, managed care principles and healthcare policy. Students who are interested primarily in the U.S. market should take HIMT 440 (Introduction to the Health Industry Systems). Students may take either HIMT 440 or INTL 442 for full credit. This course also satisfies an elective requirement for the International Business Major.