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 | 2016 – 2017 | 2017 – 2018 |
| Baylor University Robbins Institute |
1. Baylor University 2. University of Washington-Seattle 3. The Ohio State University |
1. Army-Baylor 2. University of Pittsburgh 3. The Ohio State University |
| Cleveland Clinic | 1. Rush University 2. Trinity University 3. The George Washington University |
1. The Ohio State University 2. The Ohio State University (Team 2) 3. Michigan University |
| Emory International Global Health Case Competition |
1. University of Southern California 2. University of Toronto 3. University of Minnesota |
2. University of Minnesota (tie Participants’ Choice Award) University of Florida (Honorable Mention) University of Toronto (Video Competition Honorable Mention) |
| HIMSS Student Case Competition |
Inaugural Competition scheduled in 2018 |
1. Cornell University 2. University of Central Florida 3. University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) |
1. University of Michigan 2. The George Washington University 3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
1. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2. St. Louis University 3. The Ohio State University |
| Ohio State University Healthcare |
1. University of Alabama at Birmingham 2. Virginia Commonwealth University 3. Baylor University |
1. University of Michigan 2. The Ohio State University 3. Rush University |
| South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum (SFHEF) |
1. Florida International University | 1. Florida International University |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham |
1. Boston University 2. University of Washington 3. George Mason |
1. University of Minnesota 2. Rush University 3. John Hopkins University |
| University of Kansas Health Policy & Management |
University of Arkansas first-year team University of Missouri second-year team University of Kansas Medical Center first-year team University of Kansas Medical Center second-year team |
November 2, 2018 |
| UT School of Public Health Fleming Center for Healthcare Management | 1.University of North Texas 2. Texas A & M University 3. UT School of Public Health |
1. Texas A & M University 2. Texas Woman’s University 3. UT School of Public Health |
| Yale Healthcare | 1. Rutgers ( applying for CAHME accreditation ) 2. Columbia |
Spring 2018 |