Innovation and HealthTech Consulting

Catalog description

This course provides graduate students with experiential learning in healthcare consulting through live projects with early-stage technology founders funded through private equity and venture capital dollars. Students work in teams with one of three companies: - Sunflower (digital sobriety platform seeking international expansion) - Robot Health (AI-enabled companion for seniors in homecare) - Meela (AI engagement tool for older adults exploring reimbursement and direct-to-consumer models) Each week integrates structured consulting frameworks with founder problem-solving, culminating in a professional consulting paper and presentation. Faculty combine expertise in healthcare financing, operations, and long-term care with venture capital and start-up scaling experience. Guest speakers supplement areas such as regulation, ethics, and equity. By the end of this course, students will be able to: - Apply structured consulting frameworks to analyze and solve complex strategic problems facing health technology start-ups. - Critically assess healthcare innovation through the lens of financing, operations, policy, ethics, and investment readiness. - Deliver actionable, evidence-based recommendations tailored to founder needs in the form of a professional consulting paper and client-facing presentation.