Case competitions are ways for students to apply the skills learned in the classroom to analyze a business challenge and recommend a course of action. Case competition judges are frequently leaders in industry who serve to question and evaluate the teams like a board of directors. While not a typical part of a curriculum, case competitions provide students with the ability to network with other future professionals from leading schools, to meet high-profile executives, and to experience the pressures of the real world in a learning environment. Some case competitions also have significant prize awards for the top performing teams.
Below is a table of selected case competitions, and the CAHME programs that came in the top three spots. Certain competitions are open only to CAHME-accredited programs. Other competitions are open to other schools. CAHME-accredited programs typically excel because of the robust training and high curriculum standards.
| CAHME Program Success in Case Competitions | |||
| Case Competition | 2017 – 2018 | 2018 – 2019 | 2019 – 2020 |
| Baylor University Robbins Institute |
1. Army-Baylor 2. University of Pittsburgh 3. The Ohio State University |
1. University of Alabama-Birmingham 2. The Ohio State University 3. Trinity University |
October 23-25, 2019 |
| Cleveland Clinic | 1. The Ohio State University 2. The Ohio State University (Team 2) 3. Michigan University |
1. University of Michigan (a) 2. University of Michigan (b) 3. University of Minnesota |
April 2020 |
| Emory International Global Health Case Competition |
2. University of Minnesota (tie Participants’ Choice Award) University of Florida (Honorable Mention) University of Toronto (Video Competition Honorable Mention) |
2. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | March 14, 2020 |
| Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley | 2. Temple University (A) 3. Temple University (B) |
2. University of Washington | April 9th, 2020 |
| HIMSS Student Case Competition |
1. Cornell University 2. University of Central Florida 3. University of Alabama at Birmingham |
1. Cornell University | December 11, 2019 |
| National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) |
1. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2. St. Louis University 3. The Ohio State University |
1. The Ohio State University 2. University of Illinois at Chicago 3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
October 8-11, 2019 |
| Ohio State University Healthcare |
1. University of Michigan 2. The Ohio State University 3. Rush University |
1. The Ohio State University 2. St. Louis University 3. Baylor University |
April 3, 2020 |
| South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum (SFHEF) |
1. Florida International University | April, 2020 | |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham |
1. University of Minnesota 2. Rush University 3. John Hopkins University |
1. University of Minnesota 2. University of Alabama at Birmingham 3. University of Iowa |
February 26-28, 2020 |
| University of Kansas School of Medicine | University of Kansas Medical Center first-year team University of Kansas Medical Center second-year team |
University of Iowa, first-year team University of Kansas Medical Center, second-year team |
November 1, 2019 |
| Yale Healthcare | 2. Columbia University 3. Cornell University |
1. Johns Hopkins | |
| Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition in Healthcare Management | 1.University of Iowa Author: Marisa S. Polonsky 2. University of Minnesota Author: Jessica G. Maloy 3. University of the Incarnate Word Author: Lauren D. Navarro |
Essays due December 9, 2019 | |
| Seton Hall University/HPMSNJ Case Challenge |
11/9/2019 | ||
| Business School Alliance for Health Management | 1. University of Minnesota 2. University of North Carolina 3. University of Toronto |
1. University of North Carolina 2. Baylor University |
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