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 65 full-length manuscripts in national or international peer-reviewed journals (41 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 68 full-length manuscripts submitted to two national and six international academic journals.

Teaching Interests

 Management of health information systems, ethics, leadership

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, and Leadership.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • 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. Https://Doi.Org/10.1016/j.Heliyon.2024.E28804., Shanmugam, R., Fulton, L., Kruse, C. S., Beauvais, B., Betancourt, J., Pacheco, G., ... & Sharma, A. (2024). The effect of COVID-19 on cancer incidences in the US. Heliyon, e28804., 1–41.
  • Dolezel, D. M., Beauvais, B. M., Stigler Granados, P. E., Fulton, L. V., & Kruse, C. S. (2023). Effects of Internal and External Factors on Hospital Data Breaches: Quantitative Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25(2023). Retrieved from https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e51471
  • Beauvais, B. M., Kruse, C. S., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Pradhan, R., Sen, K., & Fulton, L. V. (2023). An Exploratory Analysis of the Association Between Hospital Labor Costs and the Quality of Care. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 16, 1075–1091. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S410296
  • Beauvais, B. M., Kruse, C. S., Fulton, L. V., Brooks, M. S., Lee, K. A., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., … Mileski, M. (2021). Testing Kissick’s Iron Triangle - Structural Equation Modeling Analysis of a Practical Theory. Healthcare, 9(12), 1753. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121753
  • Shanmugam, R., Fulton, L., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z., Betancourt, J., Beauvais, B., Kruse, C. S., & Brooks, M. S. (2021). A Report Card on Prevention Efforts of COVID-19 Deaths in US. Healthcare, 9(1175), 1–13. https://doi.org/doi.org/ 10.3390/healthcare9091175

Selected Awards

  • 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
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2020 Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activites, Texas State University. January 1, 2019 - September 1, 2020

Selected Service Activities

Member
Professional Development Advisory Board
January 1, 2024-Present
Chair
School of Health Administration
June 1, 2020-Present
Member
CHP Strategic Planning Committee
June 1, 2020-Present
Member
Faculty Qualifications Committee
January 2018-Present
Reviewer / Referee
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
January 2017-Present