Assistant Professor, DeGroote School of Business
Member, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis

Glen E. Randall is an Assistant Professor in the Strategic Market Leadership and Health Services Management area of the DeGroote School of Business and Member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis at McMaster University. He holds a PhD in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation from the University of Toronto as well as an MBA in Health Services Administration, an MA in Public Policy and Administration, and a BA in Political Science from McMaster University.  Randall has more than 20 years of experience working with leaders in government, regulatory agencies and health care organizations. His current research includes an assessment of recent reforms to the delivery of home care services in Ontario and the impact of these reforms on the autonomy of health professionals. He is also the principal investigator of a study which investigates the evolution of mental health policy in Ontario as services shift from institutionally-based to community-based delivery. This study focuses on variations among Assertive Community Treatment Programs in terms of compliance with program standards and approaches to the delivery of services.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• the impact of health care restructuring on health professionals
• the organization of health care services
• resource allocation and priority setting in health care
• governance and strategic management in the not-for-profit sector

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Randall, G.E. (2008). The impact of managed competition on diversity, innovation and creativity in the delivery of homecare services. Health and Social Care in the Community,  16(4): 347-353.

Randall, G.E. (2007).  The reform of home care services in Ontario: Opportunity lost or lesson learned?  Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(3), 209-217.

Randall, G.E. (2007). Competition, organizational change and conflict: The changing role of case managers in Ontario's homecare system. Care Management Journals, 8(1), 3-8. 

Wesson, T., Randall, G.E., Barrows, D., and Fung, J.  (2006). Improved organizational performance through the interdisciplinary provision of services: A case study of an economic evaluation of pharmacist dosing of warfarin. The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, 11(1): 4(1-12).

Randall, G.E. and Williams, A.P. (2006). Exploring limits to market-based reform: Managed competition and rehabilitation home care services in Ontario.  Social Science and Medicine. 62(7): 1594-1604. 

Kindiak, D.H., Grieve, J.L., Randall, G.E., and Madsen, V.A. (2004).  Social work practice in community psychogeriatric programmes.  In Holosko, M. (ed.) Social work practice with the elderly, 3rd ed.  Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Scholars’ Press (pp. 519-545). 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• Business-Government Relations
• Canadian Health System
• Health Policy Analysis