HSA Grad Students Make It to Semi-Finals

Kenneth M. West, NHS Professor Bernard Horak, and Charles T. Folsom

Charles T. Folsom and Kenneth M. West—graduate students in the Department of Health Systems Administration at NHS—recently competed in the 12th Annual Everett V. Fox Student Case Competition. The duo made it to the semi-finals.

The competition took place during a conference of the National Association of Health Services Executives, held in Dallas from Oct. 2-6. Bernard Horak, Ph.D., professor of health systems administration, served as the Georgetown students’ faculty advisor.

Before the conference, each participating team was presented with the same case study of a health care organization. Then, the teams had three weeks to prepare a strategic, operational, and financial analysis of the case.

The teams were also required to prepare an executive summary and professional presentation of its analysis and recommendations.

A 20-minute presentation was given to a panel of health service executives followed by a 10-minute question-and-answer session in each round.

The competition was sponsored by the American College of Healthcare Executives, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Healthy System, Catholic Health Initiatives, Catholic Healthcare Partners, Deloitte Consulting, General Electric Healthcare, the Hospital Corporation of America, University of Maryland Medical System, and Trinity Health System.