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Recently the HCI was able catch up with this year's Health Care Club co-presidents Morgan Moncada and Hannah Truong as they reflect on their HBS experience, their thoughts on the current health care systems, and where they will be headed in the future.
In keeping with our mission to connect students, alumni and the greater health care community, we will continue to feature other members of the HCC throughout the upcoming school year to share their thoughts, experiences, and activities with us as well. [...]
At the culmination of my HBS experience, I hope to be trilingual, understanding the nuances of business, science, and medicine so that I can help shape a more equitable and accessible health care system. [...]
What is the role of a physician in the 21st century? According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the number of medical students graduating from dual MD/MBA programs has grown significantly from 2003 to 2018. Why is this trend happening, and what does it mean for the medical profession? For patients? For society? [...]
Hej! Reporting from Copenhagen here. My first year of HBS is complete, and I moved here one month ago for my summer internship. I’m working in New Product Development at Radiometer – a medical device subsidiary of Danaher. I came to HBS from consulting and was hoping to do something completely new for my summer internship while pursuing my interest in healthcare. Ideally, I wanted to work on a team helping build a product, and do so in a new location. My internship has so far proven to be a great fit. I’m working with the Commercial, Research & Development (R&D), and Finance teams assessing the opportunity for a new medical diagnostic tool that targets a previously unaddressed customer segment. [...]
Each year, the Business Alliance for Health Management (BAHM) launches a case competition at which student teams from each member school compete against one another. In 2018, students were asked to prepare a case study on a specific health care organization and its strategy for responding to the uncertainty of health reform under President Trump. Each team prepared a paper, poster, and PowerPoint presentation, the last of which was delivered on the day of the competition which was hosted at University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business. [...]