Trent Spaulding, PhD

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Achievements

Achievements

  • Worked as an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system as a software architect and engineer
  • Led the development and implementation of a decision support system for distribution of vaccine during a pandemic
  • Consulted on database development, management reporting, and website development
Areas of Specialty

Areas of Specialty

  • Data Analytics
  • Health Informatics
  • U.S. Healthcare System
  • Research Methods
Publications

Research Interests

  • The impact of information technology in healthcare settings
  • Student success in higher education
  • CNA and RN staffing challenges
Courses Taught

Publications

  • Dalton, J.C., Spaulding, T.J., Berghammer, A., Keerthana, B., Cazier, J. (2024). The impact of future employment prospects on the graduation rates of upper-class university stop-out students. Journal of Higher Education Management, 39(1).
  • Dalton, J., Spaulding, T., Berghammer, A., Bandlamudi, K., & Cazier, J. (2024, October). Empowering Student Success: Understanding Economic Influences in Higher Education. Concurrent in-person session accepted to American Association of University Administrators National Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
  • Cazier, J.A., Spaulding, T.J., and Hassler, E.E. (2024) Sandwich Analytics: Transactional, Socioeconomic, and Weather Data for 25 United States Based Quick Serve Sandwich Locations. Data for Good Analytics Journal.
  • Lane, S. J., Sugg, M. Spaulding, T., Iyer, L., and Hege, A. (2022). Self-Reported Resilience of North Carolina Long-Term Care Organizations and Public Health Agencies in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 82(10337).
  • Lane, S.J., Sugg, M., Spaulding, T., Hege, A., and Iyer, L. (2022). Southeastern United States Predictors of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes. Journal of Applied Geronotology, 41(7).
  • Lane, S.J. Spaulding, T.J., and McSweeney-Feld, M.H. (2022). Direct Care Worker Job Dissatisfaction in North Carolina Nursing Homes: A Case Study. Journal of Health & Human Services Administration, 45(1).
  • Iyer, L., Gopika, M., Lane, S., & Spaulding, T. A Dashboard for nursing home COVID-19 impact: A design science approach. 24th Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA March 18th–19th, 2022.
  • Iyer, L.S., Malik, G., Lane, S.J., Spaulding, T.J., Hege, A., Sugg, M. (2022). A Dashboard for nursing home COVID-19 impact: A Design science approach (manuscript). 2022 Southern AIS Conference. Myrtle Beach, SC, Mar 18-19, 2022.
  • Ratcliff, A., Spaulding, T.J., Lee, J. (2021) Impacts of Vendor Turnover in Hospital Information Systems (abstract). Annual meeting of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). Online, Apr 21-22, 2022.
  • Sugg, M., Lane, S.J., Spaulding, T.J., Hege, A., and Iyer, L.S. (2021). Southeastern US Predictors of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes During Three Different Time Periods. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(7).
  • Hege, A., Lane, S.J., Spaulding, T.J., Sugg, M. and Iyer, L. (2021). County-Level Social Determinants of Health and COVID-19 in Nursing Homes, United States, June 1, 2020–January 31, 2021. Public Health Reports, 137(1): 137-148.
  • Sugg, M., Spaulding, T.J., Lane, S.J., Runkle, J., Harden, S., Hege, A. and Iyer, L. (2021). Mapping Community-Level Determinants of COVID-19 Transmission in Nursing Homes: A multi-scale approach. Science of the Total Environment, 752(15 January).
  • Hege, A., Lane, S.J., Sugg, M., Minor, T., Spaulding, T.J. and Iyer, L.S. (2021). Predictors of COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes in the southeastern U.S. (poster). Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. Online, Oct 24-27, 2021.
  • Iyer, L.S., Malik, G., Lane, S.J., Spaulding, T.J., Hege, A., Sugg, M. (2021). Nursing Home COVID-19 Impact Analysis Dashboard: A Prototype (manuscript). 2021 Pre-ICIS SIGDSA Symposium on Analytics and AI for a Sustainable Future. Austin, TX, Dec 11-12, 2021.
  • Spaulding, T.J., Hassler, E.E., Edwards, C.H.L., and Cazier, J.A. 2019. “Sandwich Analytics: A Dataset Comprising One Year’s Weekly Sales Data Correlated with Crime, Demographics, and Weather.” Data in Brief, 25(2019), 1-7.
  • Cech, T.G., Spaulding, T.J. & Cazier, J.A. 2018. “Data competence maturity: developing data driven decision making”. Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 11(2), 139-158.
  • Williams, D.R. & Spaulding, T.J. 2018. “An empirical study of the determinants of location of hospital mergers and acquisitions announcements: 1997-2016”. Journal of Health Care Finance, 24, 1-20.
  • Williams, D.R. & Spaulding, T.J. 2018. “The inherent risk associated with newly traded biopharmaceutical firms”. Drug Discovery Today, 23, 1680-1688.
  • McArthur, L.H., Riggs, A., Uribe, F. & Spaulding, T.J. 2018. “Health Belief Model offers opportunities for designing weight management interventions for college students”. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 5, 485-493.
  • Williams, D.R. and Spaulding T.J. 2018. “An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Location of Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions: 1997-2016.” Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association. Lexington, KY, Nov 6-10, 2018. *Received the Best Paper Award for the Health Care Management, Hospitality Management, and Public Administration track.
Leadership Learning

Courses Taught

  • HCM 2110 - Introduction to the US Healthcare System
  • HCM 3700 - Health Information Systems
  • HCM 5700 - Health Care Informatics
  • HCM 5720 - Data Analytics in Healthcare