Leading Business School Group Announces Winners of Its First Global Case Competition
Wharton, Strathmore, Yale, UNC and Baylor student teams recognized for telehealth models designed for underserved communities worldwide
Contact: Kirsten Gallagher
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Austin, TX, April 13, 2021 – The Business School Alliance for Health Management (BAHM), a global consortium of leading MBA health management programs, has announced the winners of its first global student case competition, which focused on telehealth in underserved communities worldwide.
The winners, announced during a virtual symposium on Friday, April 9, are MBA students at The Wharton School and Strathmore Business School (a combined team), the Yale School of Management and UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. The “People’s Choice” award, selected by students participating in the competition, went to the team from Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business.
“Students developed truly innovative telehealth business models for under-resourced or underserved communities at a time when COVID-19 has accelerated the use of technology in delivering critical healthcare services,” said Kevin Schulman, president of BAHM and a professor of medicine and economics at Stanford University. “The results of this competition demonstrate the importance of collaboration across campuses and continents to drive solutions that can have a global impact.”
The competition brought together more than 80 students worldwide, with seven of the 21 competing teams representing a mix of schools and countries, including the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Spain, Kenya and India. The proposals were scored by an international group of telehealth leaders in the technology, health care delivery, policy and investment arenas.
The winning teams and business models are:
- The Wharton School and Strathmore Business School (First place): Vanessa Folkerts (Wharton), Penghui Jason Chen (Wharton), Winnie Abuto (Strathmore), Abigail Ndirangu (Strathmore): Nufaika Health, a B2B e-commerce marketplace for pharmaceutical procurement designed to empower small pharmacies to sell quality medicines in rural areas in Kenya.
- The Yale School of Management (Second place): Toshinari Ishikawa, Melanie Taub, Jingwen Li: A telehealth business model maximizing social media, data collection and analytics, and a well-trained health care workforce to improve health care access, early detection, and other challenges in the Indian health care market.
- UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School (Third place): Kim Ngo, Braxton Cline, Michael Koha, Matthew Fordham: The “Medela” healthcare service designed to address limited access to care and care delivery in rural areas by coordinating, connecting, and providing continuity of care between patients and health care professionals
- Baylor University, Hankamer School of Business (People’s Choice): Melissa Van de Hey, Kristen Koehler, Macy Scott: Spot On Health, which offers a mobile robot solution that incorporates customized telehealth capabilities, including an iPad, a microphone, and a sound amplifier, to bring holistic health care services to hurricane victims in the Caribbean.
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