University of Iowa Health Management & Policy

By: Clint Hugie ご挨 拶 from the soaring concrete and neon jungle of Tokyo! I am serving as a summer health consultant for Nihon Keiei Group, which is one of the largest consulting firms in Japan. Our clients include businesses, hospitals, universities, and other healthcare groups all over Japan and other parts of Asian. My headquarters is in the Tokyo office, but I am mostly onsite serving our client’s needs. As a result, I am constantly traveling via plane, train, subway, ferry, taxi and sometime even sprinting from client to client all around Japan.  In addition to soaking up as much knowledge, both culturally and professionally, as I can from the dedicated staff at NK Group, I have worked on two primary types of projects. The first includes facilitating hospitals to become compliant with Joint Commission International standards. These projects include drafting hospital policies that align with specific standards, working directly with meeting groups to ensure approval an

By: Lauren Wong View from outside my office of Geisinger Medical Center’s campus   Hi Everyone! This summer I was fortunate to experience and immerse myself into a highly reputable health care system located in Pennsylvania. Geisinger Health System is an integrated health services organization widely recognized for its innovative use of the electronic health record, and the development and implementation of innovative care models including ProvenHealth Navigator, an advanced medical home model, and ProvenCare program. The Geisinger Health System serves more than 2.6 million residents throughout 44 counties in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. This summer Geisinger also announced two new partnership agreements with both Holy Spirit Health System and AtlantiCare. This summer I was based out of Geisinger’s main hospital located in Danville, Pennsylvania. My experience at Geisinger Medical Center was invaluable and rewarding, but also broadened my perspect