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Portrait of Hanh Trinh

Hanh Trinh, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Health Informatics & Administration

Education

Ph D Health Services Organization and Research Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
MS Health Care Fiscal Management University of Wisconsin-Madison

Speaker Topics

  • Health Care Costs
  • Managed Care and Its Marketplace
  • Operations and Human Resources Management
  • Strategic Management of the Health Care Industry

Interests & Expertise

Hanh Trinh is a member of the Academy of Management, Southern Management Association, Association of Health Services Research and Wisconsin Network for Health Policy Research.

He has presented papers at the national and international conferences and currently reviews manuscripts for a number of academic journals. He has published in management and health care journals, including Health Services Research, Health Care Management Review, Health Services Management Research, Health Care Management Science, Advances in Health Care Management, Quality Management in Health Care, Health Marketing Quarterly, and Journal of Professional Services Marketing.

Selected Publications

Trinh, H. Q. (2016, January (1st Quarter/Winter)). The proliferation of elective services in U.S urban hospitals. Health Care Management Review.
Trinh, H. Q., & Begun, L. R. (2014). Service duplication within urban hospital clusters. Health Care Management Review, 39(1), 41-49.
Trinh, H. Q., Begun, J. W., & Luke, R. D. (2010). Better to receive than to give? Interorganizational service arrangements and hospital performance. Healh Care Management Review, 35(1), 88-97.
Trinh, H. Q., Begun, J. W., & Luke, R. D. (2008). Hospital service duplication: Evidence on the medical arms race. Heatlh Care Management Review, 33(3), 192-202.
Cisler, R. A., Kowalchuk, R., Sanders, S., Zweben, A., & Trinh, H. Q. (2005). Alcoholism: Clinical and experimental research. Journal of Studies on Alcohol.
Cisler, R. A., Kowalchuk, R. K., Saunders, S. M., Zweben, A., & Trinh, H. Q. (2005). Applying clinical significance methodology to alcoholism treatment trials: Determining recovery outcome status with individual and population based measures. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29(11), 1991-2000.
Trinh, H. Q. (2004). Strategic response of urban hospitals to the managed care market. UWM Graduate School Research Committee Awards.
Trinh, H. Q., & O'Connor, S. (2002). Helpful or harmful: The impact of strategic change on the performance of U.S. urban hospitals. Health Services Research, 37(1), 145-171.
O'Connor, S. J., Trinh, H. Q., & Shewcuk, R. M. (2001). Perceptual gaps in understanding patient expectations for health care service quality. Quality Management in Health Care, 9(2), 26-42.
Shewcuk, R. M., O'Connor, S., Fottler, M., & Trinh, H. Q. (2001). Understanding the meaning of health care management research through the use of a cognitive mapping approach. Advances in Health Care Management, 2, 63-90.
O'Connor, S. J., Trinh, H. Q., & Shewcuk, R. M. (2000). Determinants of service orientation among medical students. Advances in Health Care Management, 1(1), 205-237.
Trinh, H. Q., & O'Connor, S. J. (2000). Regulatory effects in health care: Philosophies, impacts, and free markets. Health Marketing Quarterly, 17(3-4), 57-75.
Trinh, H. Q., & O'Connor, S. J. (2000). Strategic behavior of U.S. rural hospitals: A longitudinal and path model examination of market power, cost control, environmental and organizational characteristics on financial performance. Health Care Management Review, 25(4), 48-64.
Egeren, M. V., Trinh, H. Q., & O'Connor, S. J. (2000). The influence of top management team and external environmental characteristics on market orientation and performance in service firms: A test and refinement of a causal model. Journal of Professional Services Marketing, 20(1), 5-22.
Trinh, H. Q. (1999). Are rural hospital 'strategic'? Health Care Management Review, 24(3), 42-54.

Honors & Awards

C.A.R.E.S. Award (2016) College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Byoung Kim Award for Teaching Excellence (2005, May) College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Services (2002, May) College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Health Care Management Division's best paper (2000, August) Academy of Management.
Golden Apple Teaching Award (2000, May) College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Health Care, Public Sector, and Hospitality Management Track's Award for a best paper (1999, October) Southern Management Association.
Health Care Management Division's best paper (1999, August) Academy of Management.
Golden Apple Teaching Award (1997, May) College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Health Care Administration Division's Award for a best paper from a dissertation (1995, August) Academy of Management.