Faculty Profile for Dr. Scott Kruse

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Dr. Scott Kruse
Professor — College of Health Professions
Professor — School of Health Administration
ENC 201
phone: (512) 245-3300
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Dr. Clemens Scott Kruse is a Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Health Professions. He earned his Ph.D. in Health Related Sciences from the Virginia Commonwealth University, M.B.A. in the Management of Technology from University of Texas at San Antonio, M.H.A. from Baylor University, an M.S.I.T. from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and B.S. in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy. Dr. Kruse retired from the Army Medical Service Corps after a 21 year career, and he taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels from 2007 to 2023. Since he was hired at Texas State University he has published 68 full-length manuscripts in national or international peer-reviewed journals (42 first author), presented 29 posters at national conferences, published seven abstracts in conference proceedings, and submitted five grant/gift proposals. Since 2014, he has provided peer-review of 72 full-length manuscripts submitted to two national and six international academic journals.

Teaching Interests

 Management of health information systems, ethics, leadership, health systems

Research Interests

 Management and Adoption of Health information technology, Patient portals, Medical Informatics, Telemedicine, Adoption factors of electronic health records, Adoption factors of computerized provider order entry, Barriers to adoption of electronic health records, Barriers to adoption of computerized provider order entry, Mobile health, Health information exchange, Security of health information technology, Ethics of the use of health information technology, Leadership, and the business of healthcare.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Lieneck, C. H., Kruse, C. S., Greene, L., & Fulton, L. V. (2020). Assessing the impact of professional certifications on time-to-hire, job satisfaction, and career growth of health administration alumni. Journal of Health Administration Education, 37(1), 25–44.
  • Betancourt, J. A., Stigler-Granados, P. E., Pacheco, G. J., Shanmugam, R., Kruse, C. S., & Fulton, L. V. (2020). Obesity and Morbidity Risk in the U.S. Veteran. MDPI - Healthcare 2020, 8(3), 191–204. https://doi.org/doi:10.3390/healthcare8030191
  • Fulton, L. V., & Kruse, C. S. (2019). Geospatial-Temporal, Explanatory, and Predictive Models for Hospital-Based Outpatient Back Surgery. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), 21(10), e14609. https://doi.org/10.2196/14609
  • Fulton, L. V., & Kruse, C. S. (2019). Hospital-Based Back Surgery: Geospatial-Temporal, Explanatory, and Predictive Models. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), 21(10), e14609. https://doi.org/10.2196/14609
  • Shanmugam, R., Fulton, L., Kruse, C. S., Beauvais, B. M., Betancourt, J. A., Pacheco, G. J., … Sharma, A. (2024). The Effect of COVID-19 on Cancer Incidences in the U.S. Heliyon, 10(7), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28804

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, Sigma Xi. June 18, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Stanford University's Top 2% Most Influential Scientists, Career and Single Year, 2022., Elsevier. January 1, 2023 - October 1, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Stanford University's Top 2% Most Influential Scientists, Single Year, 2021., Elsevier. January 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Stanford University's Top 2% Most Influential Scientists, Single Year, 2020., Elsevier. January 1, 2021 - October 1, 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Stanford University's Top 2% Most Influential Scientists, Single Year, 2019., Elsevier. January 1, 2020 - October 1, 2020

Selected Service Activities

Member
University Seminar Taskforce
November 1, 2024-Present
Member
Conflict Resolution Facilitator
July 2024-Present
Member
Faculty Advisory Committee
July 3, 2024-Present
Coordinator / Organizer
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Cybersecurity Workgroup
March 5, 2024-Present
Member
Professional Development Advisory Board
January 1, 2024-Present