Case Competitions
Case competitions allow students to work together in a competitive setting against other teams to try and develop the best solution to a business case study within an allocated time frame. Judges rate teams’ presentations based on their proposed solution to the case study problem. Case competitions allow students the opportunity to work together, use their education and experience in a time-sensitive situation and exposes them to industry executives.
 About Case Competitions 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. |
 Why Participate 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. |
 Opportunity While some competitions are open to other schools, some are only open to CAHME-accredited programs. Many provide significant prize awards and recognition. |
S H O W C A S E Y O U R T A L E N T
Take part in a competition
Case competitions are an excellent way to highlight your skills, be a part of a team and put yourself in front of industry leaders. Looking for a graduate program to attend? Ask about what competitions they participate in. Already enrolled? Ask your advisor how you can participate!
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 |
1.Trinity University 2.University of Pittsburgh 3.University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
| George Washington University & Leading Age Post Acute Care | April 17-19, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley | 2. Temple University (A) 3. Temple University (B) |
2. University of Washington | April 9, 2020 | |||||||||||||
| HIMSS Student Case Competition |
1. Cornell University 2. University of Central Florida 3. University of Alabama at Birmingham |
1. Cornell University 2. University of Alabama at Birmingham 3. George Washington University |
1. University of Alabama at Birmingham 2. Cornell University (Trillium) 3. Cornell University (Touchdown) |
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| 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 |
1.University of Pittsburgh 2.University of Michigan 3.University of Minnesota |
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Penn State Health Policy and Administration | 1. Pennsylvania State University 2. University of Pittsburgh 3. Pennsylvania State University |
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| University of South Carolina | February 9 – 11, 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 | |||||||||||||
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| Yale Healthcare | 2. Columbia University 3. Cornell University |
1. Johns Hopkins | February, 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Yale Healthcare Services Innovation Case Competition | 1. University of Minnesota 2.Queen’s University |
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| 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 |
1. Rutgers University* 2. Hofstra University* 3. Seton Hall University |
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| 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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| *denotes CAHME Application is in process | ||||||||||||||||
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