HCMBA students Shannon Mau, Aldwine Joseph, Janette Perez, Mario Siervo, Rocio Mejia, Marco Molina, Dorothy Brown, Christina Haramboure and Elizabeth Bacallao with Nancy Borkowski, Weidong Xia, medical staff of the Shanghai District Community Health Center\u2014where the photo was taken\u2014and faculty members from Southern Medical University, a Dual Degree partner university.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAccompanied by Nancy Borkowski, executive director of the college\u2019s HCMBA program, and faculty member Weidong Xia, who has expertise in Healthcare IT management, they visited hospitals and district community health centers in Shanghai, Qingdao and Guangzhou.<\/p>\n
At each site, the students conducted interviews and focus groups with the health facilities\u2019 senior management to further explore their research topics in addition to exchanging best practices and discussing the impact China\u2019s healthcare reform has had—or will have—on the country\u2019s delivery and financing of care.<\/p>\n
The trip concluded in Hong Kong, providing an opportunity for group members to reflect on the economic growth differences between Hong Kong and mainland China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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