There has been a growing need in the healthcare sector to investigate novel ways of saving capital while delivering high quality and affordable care that meets the needs and expectations of patients. Currently, research is being conducted throughout the country; with ideas being shared and investigated by all the major players in healthcare sector: all this to come up with novel best practices to improve outcomes while reducing treatment costs.
For my internship, I decided to work one such project being investigated jointly by CMU and Gateway Health Plan Insurance in Pittsburgh.The program initiated by Gateway Health Plan was intended to address the perceived deficiencies in the current hospital discharge process among Gateway’s constituents by providing individualized and comprehensive follow up plan for selected discharge patients. With the goal of analyzing the success and improving the protocol, Gateway Health Plan partnered with CMU.
Having spent the summer researching and analyzing this program, I feel I was provided with a fantastic opportunity to apply all the quantities skills I picked up at Heinz. I realized there is a world of difference between learning and application; and by undertaking this process in totality, I took my knowledge from active to reflective to abstract to concrete over the course of the one year I spent at Heinz
I had the opportunity to analyze data, apply quantitative models, research best practices and finally, present and share my results with some of the best minds in the healthcare sector Pittsburgh. The feedback I got was very encouraging and enlightening. It’s been a great summer; I have learnt a lot from working with some of the best and brightest at CMU and Gateway Health Plan. I am looking to forward to meeting all my friends and colleagues at CMU and to another challenging and exciting year.
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