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Medical Tourism at Mountain Health Insurance Company

In July 2016, Jennifer Brown, a graduate student at Southwest State School of Public Health, had been asked to staff an Ethics Advisory Group (EAG) meeting at Mountain Health Insurance Company, a large, regional nonprofit health insurance company where…

Childhood Obesity Prevention in California

In 2007, Dr. Mark Horton took over as the head of the new California Department of Public Health (CDPH), at time when the governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, had already identified obesity as a prevention priority in his health care reform proposal.…

Southcoast Health System (Parts A & B)

Southcoast Health System consists of three hospitals in southeastern Massachusetts: St. Luke’s in New Bedford, Charlton Memorial in Fall River, and Tobey in Wareham, as well as numerous affiliated entities. But how did the merger that created the…

Strategic Planning in Lesedi District, South Africa

Mr. Joseph Nkosi, the Manager of the Lesedi District Health Department, South Africa, was hopeful that he could bring increased resources and better health to the area. Lesedi District, one of about 50 districts in 9 provinces in South Africa, was a…

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