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果冻影院 Global Business School for Health to help improve access to safe, affordable healthcare for all

The new 果冻影院 Global Business School for Health 鈥 the world鈥檚 first business school dedicated to health 鈥 will improve healthcare management and delivery through its world-leading teaching and research.

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5 July 2022

The health sector is growing and healthcare goods and services currently account for almost 10% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) globally. However, many healthcare systems struggle to provide adequate care for the very people they are designed to help.

鈥淕iving more people access to better healthcare is a key part of reducing inequality and tackling poverty globally,鈥 explains Professor Nora Ann Colton, Director of 果冻影院鈥檚 newly established Global Business School for Health (GBSH).

Many national healthcare systems are disjointed, fragile and inefficient, and the disparities are greatest in low- and middle-income countries, and countries affected by conflict. The GBSH was established in 2021 to deliver research and teaching that will help achieve universal access to high-quality, safe and affordable healthcare.

The 果冻影院 GBSH鈥檚 flagship course is the MBA Health, which provides managers, clinicians and health business specialists with the transformative skills of an MBA graduate. The school also offers other Master鈥檚 courses to give students the competencies and skills they need to lead the way in healthcare management locally and globally. These include its MSc in Digital Health & Entrepreneurship, on which students learn the foundations of digital health and enterprise and take an idea for a health innovation through to developing a business case.

鈥淭hrough our teaching, we will train a new generation of professionals uniquely equipped to question and transform healthcare systems for the public good.鈥

World-class academics across 果冻影院鈥檚 faculties are working with industry partners at the GBSH to provide a unique learning experience for the next generation of health-sector leaders. The school also benefits from links with 果冻影院 Partners, a network in which clinical academics work alongside 23 NHS hospital trusts, 20 clinical commissioning groups and nine other universities, giving it access to a highly diverse patient population of more than six million people.

Students will contribute to research and acquire the skills and attributes needed to apply disruptive leadership in public and private sectors relating to healthcare innovations and management.听

The school鈥檚 research themes explore how healthcare can be better financed, how new health technologies can support behaviour change and what changes are needed to develop a sustainable healthcare workforce. Current research projects include investigating whether wearable technologies can encourage behaviour change to healthier lifestyles and how digital technologies are perceived by people in different demographic groups and cultures.

鈥淭hrough our novel research, the school will define the fiscal, civic and clinical structures needed to support innovative universal healthcare approaches across the world,鈥 says Professor Colton. 鈥淎nd through our teaching, we will train a new generation of professionals uniquely equipped to question and transform healthcare systems for the public good.鈥


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