MCiM Practicum

The Master of Science in Clinical Informatics Management (MCiM) program requires a Practicum project from each student while enrolled at Stanford University. It is a vital part of the educational curriculum as students are given an opportunity to directly apply programmatic competencies within the three pillars of medicine, technology, and business.

The Practicum is a robust academic product with an expected engagement time of 180 hours spread across three quarters. Students are responsible for sourcing and designing their own project and may work independently or within teams. Students can create a project on a topic that they are passionate about while addressing and/or improving a problem within healthcare, public health, or the healthcare system in the United States or internationally.

When brainstorming a project, students are encouraged to think about a project within the four common tracks: experiential learning, research, case study creation or a business plan creation.

Experiential Learning

Students will seek out a meaningful experience at an established organization with a site supervisor/advisor to assist in mapping out an appropriate breadth and depth of activities to participate in.

Research

Students may either engage in original scientific research or conduct a review of what is already known about a topic.

Case Study Creation

Students may choose to conduct a formal academic case study of an organization or landscape analysis of an industry or market. The goal for students pursuing this track should be publication of their case study or landscape analysis.

Business Plan Creation

Students interested in creating a product or a company of their own may develop a business plan for their project. Business proposals should have a clear social value and include a feasible financial model.

Previous Practicum Projects

2021-22 Cohort

Creating digital insurance card and streamlining patient check-in using TCP SMART Health Card Platform
Reimagining medical apprenticeship through a secure digital platform for promoting social interaction, learning and community among physicians
Presenting market scan of digital scribe offerings and assessing barriers to scalability
Implementing two new products at Oncology digital health start up
Evaluating current state of utilization of cardiac diagnostics while integrating value-based care initiatives
Presenting current landscape and associated business models of mental health startups and diving into the obstacles they face in providing high quality care to patients as the companies scale
Creating open-source software for democratizing Ophthalmic imaging analysis
Strengthening existing and new health innovation collaborations between the Nordics and Stanford for the purposes of leveraging resources of the Nordic ecosystem with Silicon Valley
Implementing a vendor-vetting process to create a virtual community-of-practice that allows for ongoing exchange of ideas, information, and relevant research/guidance among a national campaign and government program of six high Malaria burden countries in Africa
Using forms built for digital health and integrating them with the software tools that modern digital health clinics use without the use of coding
Creating a repository that will store, streamline, and maintain the credentials of a nurse to match them to the most appropriate assignments within an organization
Evaluating current productivity metrics in the military and finding a way to transform military medicine to an accountable care organization
Creating a guideline for health systems to compare integration approaches for digital health tools within Electronic Health Record Systems
Exploring innovative business model to maximize value creation for a disruptive at-home lung function monitoring technology
Evaluation and optimization of a local hospital's referrals process
Creating a podcast on market research for clinical trial recruitment
Developing HMO’s growing strategies with enhancing health equity of the US-Mexico cross border region, with improvements in cost and quality efficiency of US healthcare
Identifying gaps in PGx cardiovascular medicine and developing a plan for personalized prescribing based on implementation of evidence-based pharmacogenomics within primary care at a local hospital
Determining which public health policies are most effective in influencing COVID-19 infection and vaccination rates in the US and providing recommendations on what states should do to mitigate future health crises using machine learning and statistical analysis on Google’s COVID-19 data
Creating a RCT evaluating AI voice assistant that autonomously titrates insulin in patients with type 2 diabetes

2022-23 Cohort

Using population health analytics to model cancer care delivery
Evaluating biopharma expansion opportunity for Series A Startup
Scaling care at home by enabling family caregivers to become high-value members of the care team through training, support and compensation
Revamping clinical decision support tools available to pharmacists in the community pharmacy setting in efforts to decrease medication errors, improve quality of clinical evaluation of patient drug profiles and decrease pharmacist burnout
Exploring the potential of the space health market landscape in the United States
Creating a case study to examine the business model of a technology-based company dedicated to bridging health and social care
Developing a technologically advanced, accessible solution to streamline the process for parents, enabling them to effectively navigate the abundant information landscape related to ADHD support for children
Utilizing neuroimaging and brain neuroplasticity biomarkers for personalized treatment in mental health disorders, with a focus on treatment-resistant depression and first-episode schizophrenia
Building a patient-centered approach to heart failure medication adherence by creating an evidence-based mobile application focused on patient empowerment
Observing the implementation process of electronic health records system observed at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Working at an early-stage startup that provides a more affordable care solution with people with ovaries to improve access to fertility services through means of medical tourism
Creating a cloud based, centralized, ML/AI driven smart device marketplace with real time data collection and analysis with a focus on earlier medical intervention for disease states
Creating a decision support tool to enhance current methods of clinical service activations
Designing an enterprise needs finding process for the data science team at Stanford Health Care
Defining pediatric-specific needs within an emergency department at a local hospital to create a pediatric medical device and company business plan
Evaluating how a digital streaming service impacts user health
Turning healthcare research into commercial technology products, leveraging core engineering building blocks to facilitate the reconstruction, deployment, and scalability of products through established pipelines within the healthcare industry
Exploring the transformative potential of digital therapeutics by delving into the interplay between reimbursement strategies, enhanced provider engagement, impact on workflow optimization and mechanisms of adherence for patients – in the pursuit of personalized, cost-effective, and seamless care for all
Creating a business plan for a digital tool to plan an effective and efficient discharge for patients admitted to medicine inpatient services to reduce delays in discharge, decrease variation of stay, improve quality of care, improve patient and provider experience, and reduce readmissions

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