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Flexible, scalable learning through online certificate courses that build health care expertise across your entire team.

Health care moves fast. Give your teams the knowledge they need—without pulling them from their work.

Harvard Medical School’s HMX and HealthXcelerate deliver flexible, fully online learning grounded in HMS faculty expertise, reaching learners across roles, geographies, and experience levels.

Two Ways to Build Expertise at Scale

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HMX Online Learning

HMX delivers in-depth, instructor-led and self-paced courses in medical science—from immunology, genetics, and physiology to AI in medicine, drug development, and cancer genomics. Through interactive learning, dynamic animations, and real-world clinical applications, HMX helps health care professionals deepen their expertise and build confidence.

Who takes an HMX course?

  • Scientists, Researchers, and Clinicians
  • Business and Life Sciences Professionals
  • Students and Curious Learners

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HealthXcelerate: The Insider's Guide to Health Care

HealthXcelerate offers engaging, self-paced courses on how health care really works—from pharma and biopharma to digital health, medical devices, and commercialization. Build the fluency and credibility your team needs to navigate the system and drive impact.

Who take a HealthXcelerate course?

  • Executives new to health care
  • Managers in customer-facing roles
  • Recent hires
  • Recent graduates new to the industry
  • Team members ready for upskilling or transitioning to new roles

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Scale Knowledge, Strengthen Impact

  • Learn anywhere. Flexible online courses fit every location, time zone, and schedule.
  • Build a shared foundation. Give cross-functional teams the knowledge to communicate and collaborate more effectively.
  • Stay ahead of change. Short courses on emerging topics keep teams current as medical science and health care technology evolve.
  • Scale with ease. Group pricing makes it more accessible to train teams and larger cohorts.
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HealthXcelerate

GLP-1-Based Therapies: Cost, Coverage, and Access for Transformative Drugs

Discover how payers and policy makers see GLP-1 medications and learn how coverage decisions about these therapies are made. 
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • A brief history of how GLP-1 medications evolved and what makes their clinical impact distinctive.
  • An understanding of how patent and regulatory exclusivities on drugs and delivery devices influence GLP-1 medication pricing and availability over time.
  • A working knowledge of how different U.S. payers cover GLP-1 medications for diabetes and obesity—and how this impacts patient access and adherence.
  • Fluency with value and affordability concepts and how they’re applied to GLP-1 medications.
  • Insight into alternative access pathways, and when they expand access, where they introduce risk, and how they may widen or narrow disparities.
  • A generalizable framework for evaluating new high-cost therapies across different organizational and policy contexts. 
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Biochemistry Fundamentals

Learn why human health is dependent on chemistry, and what that means for clinical care.
Format: Online; Instructor-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 10 Weeks
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HealthXcelerate

Digital Innovations in Health Care

Explore digital innovations set to reshape the health care landscape in the U.S. and worldwide. Gain an in-depth understanding of how they will revolutionize health care delivery, enhance patient care, and drive improved clinical outcomes.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • A practical framework for evaluating digital health solutions across workflows, outcomes, and equity considerations 
  • Clarity on what AI, machine learning, and real-world data can—and can't—do in health care 
  • Insights into how digital innovations can inform and facilitate personalized health care 
  • Tools to navigate the privacy, security, and ethical challenges that come with responsible digital adoption 
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HealthXcelerate

Drug Development from Discovery Through Approval

Examine the drug discovery and development process by gaining a high-level understanding of the scientific and regulatory frameworks that shape the pharmaceutical landscape, from initial discovery through clinical trials and regulatory approval, and explore the complexities and key decision points that define the drug development lifecycle in the U.S.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • A clear map of how drugs move from an unmet need to regulatory approval, and who is involved at each stage 
  • Insight into clinical trial design, key decision points, and the U.S. regulatory landscape 
  • An appreciation of the risk, investment, and stakeholder management that shape development and portfolio management decisions 
  • An understanding of emerging modalities and what’s changing in the field 
  • Tools to evaluate new therapies and engage more confidently with pharma partners and regulators 
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HealthXcelerate

Foundations of the U.S. Health Care System

Gain an overview of the defining features of the U.S. health care system including structure, financing, and stakeholders.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:

  • A confident working knowledge of how the U.S. system is structured, financed, and governed 

  • An understanding of the core trade-offs between cost, access, and quality 

  • A global lens for placing U.S. performance and challenges in broader context 

  • Insight into industry and academic perspectives on the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the sector 

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HealthXcelerate

Medical Device Development and Commercialization

Examine the structure of the medical device industry, including the major types of devices on the market today, how companies are typically organized, their economics, and the keys to success in the industry.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • A basic understanding of how devices are developed, classified, regulated, and brought to market (including risk-based categories and core FDA pathways) 
  • Insight into reimbursement and market access mechanics and how they shape viability and adoption 
  • Tools to evaluate devices from a patient safety, clinical value, and market-readiness perspective 
  • A stronger foundation for collaborating with—and critically assessing—medical device manufacturers 
  • Practical exposure to go-to-market strategy 
  • An understanding of how post-market surveillance, real-world evidence, and CAPA processes feed into next-generation products and ongoing safety, effectiveness, and competitiveness
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Genetics Essentials

Get essential genetics knowledge to prepare for the future of health care.
Format: Online; Instructor-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 10 Weeks
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Genetics Fundamentals

Learn about the building blocks of life – and the future of medicine.
Format: Online; Instructor-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 10 Weeks
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Immuno-oncology

Learn how the immune system is being harnessed to improve cancer treatment.
Format: Online; Instructor-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 10 Weeks
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Immunology Fundamentals

Get an in-depth look at how the body fights disease – and how new therapies can help.
Format: Online; Instructor-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 10 Weeks
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Pharmacology Essentials

Gain essential pharmacology knowledge to prepare for the future of health care.
Format: Online; Instructor-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 10 Weeks
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Pharmacology Fundamentals

Get an in-depth look at how drugs and other therapeutics can be used to treat and prevent diseases.
Format: Online; Instructor-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 10 Weeks
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Physiology Fundamentals

Build a body of knowledge on the systems that keep bodies functioning.
Format: Online; Instructor-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 10 Weeks
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Vaccines and Viral Immunology

Learn how the immune system is being harnessed to create vaccines that protect against infections by disease-causing viruses.
Format: Online; Instructor-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 10 Weeks
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Advances in Immunological Therapeutics

Learn about innovative immunological therapies approved by the FDA from 2021 through 2023 for the treatment of a number of chronic diseases.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
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HealthXcelerate

Global Health Systems

Gain a global perspective on health care delivery, financing, and regulation. Explore the historical context, funding mechanisms, and current challenges faced by health systems in both developed and emerging markets.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • A systems-thinking lens for analyzing health care governance, financing, and performance across different global models 
  • Insight into current global policy trends and what they mean for different types of organizations and health systems 
  • Tools to compare health system archetypes and understand why they perform differently 
  • Strategies to anticipate and respond to the political, economic, and technological forces reshaping health care worldwide 
  • Practical tools to interpret policy signals, engage across the policy cycle, and craft organizational strategies that mitigate risk and leverage emerging opportunities 
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HealthXcelerate

Health Care Policy and Economics

Examine how health policy is determined and implemented in the U.S. by understanding its effects at the national and state levels, and explore how governments carry out these policies, how stakeholders across the health care system engage with them, and how they influence cost-effectiveness, equity, and access.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • A working knowledge of how coverage, payment, and access interact—and what happens when policy changes any one of them 
  • Tools to analyze trade-offs across the system’s stakeholders: payers, providers, patients, and regulators 
  • A clear view of how regulatory agencies shape what gets approved, covered, and paid for 
  • A comparative perspective on health policy approaches around the world 
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Immune Tolerance

Learn about immune tolerance and how it can be harnessed to treat various conditions.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
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HealthXcelerate

Inside Pharma and BioPharma Industries

Explore the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sectors, gaining insights into their organizational frameworks, regulatory environments, and market dynamics.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • An insider's view of how pharma and biopharma companies are organized and why, including functional areas, matrix structures, CROs, CMOs, and the partnerships that move programs forward 
  • Clarity on the factors that drive pricing, market access, and product lifecycle management 
  • An understanding of what happens after approval and the work of getting a therapy to patients 
  • A stronger foundation for engaging with—and critically evaluating—industry partners 
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HealthXcelerate

Navigating Ethical Issues in Health Care

Explore the fundamental principles that guide ethical decision-making within health care environments: patient autonomy, the obligation to do good, the obligation to avoid harm, and justice.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • Grounding in the core ethical principles and frameworks that guide practice across clinical and organizational contexts 
  • Tools for navigating real-world dilemmas in clinical care, research, and resource allocation 
  • Deeper understanding of ethical challenges that can arise at different times of a patient’s journey, including those faced during early life, and at end-of-life care 
  • Insights into how to manage ethical decision making for those who may not be able to make their own informed health care choices
  • Strategies for recognizing and responding to moral distress across care teams
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HealthXcelerate

Population Health and Disease Dynamics

Explore the interplay between disease and human populations by gaining practical insight into mechanisms for disease control and population health management through worldwide examples, and examine key concepts such as the impact of disease within communities while investigating prevalent chronic conditions in the U.S. and the public health interventions implemented to prevent and manage them.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • Practical frameworks for designing, measuring, and evaluating population health interventions 
  • An understanding of current trends in communicable and noncommunicable disease 
  • Lessons from global case examples on what works and what doesn't 
  • An understanding of how technology is shaping the future of population health strategy 
  • Insight into the different perspectives of stakeholders at all levels of population health management—from the clinical, to legislative, and global strategies 
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HealthXcelerate

Principles and Practice of Health Care Delivery

Dive into the structure of the U.S. health care delivery system and uncover the diverse types of care facilities, their primary functions, respective patient goals, and clinical providers through a framework of inpatient, outpatient, and home-based care. 
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • A clear picture of the patient journey across traditional care settings as well as urgent care and home-based care 
  • A framework to compare delivery models by quality, safety, access, and cost 
  • Insight into how care delivery is being redesigned—in the U.S. and globally 
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HealthXcelerate

Social Determinants of Health

Examine how social determinants shape health outcomes for individuals and communities, and delve into various social, economic, and environmental factors that impact health disparities and inequalities.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • An understanding of how social, economic, and environmental factors shape individual and community health outcomes 
  • A framework for designing and evaluating equity-focused interventions 
  • Skills to recognize and address bias/discrimination in clinical and organizational contexts 
  • Practical strategies for integrating SDoH into care and operations 
  • Tools for building multidisciplinary, community-connected approaches to patient care 
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HealthXcelerate

The U.S. Health Insurance System and Health Care Services

Explore the intricate dynamics that shape the U.S. health care payer landscape, including the roles of private insurers, government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, ACA-sponsored state exchanges, and self-pay options. Examine the regulatory frameworks that govern these systems and their impact on patient access and coverage.
Format: Online; Self-Paced
Duration / Time Commitment: 3-4 Hours
What Will You Gain:
  • A working knowledge of how Medicare, Medicaid, employer-sponsored insurance, and ACA Marketplace plans are structured and what distinguishes them 
  • The mechanics of benefit design: cost sharing, moral hazard, adverse selection, and the tools insurers use to manage risk and control costs 
  • Insight into current policy debates around drug pricing, Medicaid funding, and proposals for coverage expansions and reform 
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Frequently Asked Questions

HMX is a set of online medical science courses from Harvard Medical School that organizations can enroll teams in to build deeper technical and clinical knowledge, ranging from foundational topics like immunology and genetics to advanced courses on emerging areas such as AI in medicine.

HealthXcelerate is set of self-paced online courses from Harvard Medical School that give teams a shared, interconnected foundation in how the health care system works, covering care delivery, policy, and innovation.

HMX focuses on medical science depth for technical and clinical audiences, while HealthXcelerate builds broad health care literacy for cross-functional or non-clinical teams. Organizations often use HMX to sharpen technical expertise and HealthXcelerate to build shared context across a wider group.

Both are designed for organizations that want to build health care knowledge across a team, including medical systems, life sciences companies, technology companies, and other employers whose teams benefit from deeper health care fluency.

HealthXcelerate is fully self-paced. HMX offers both instructor-paced courses on foundational and advanced topics and short, self-paced courses on emerging subjects, so organizations can choose the format that fits their team's schedule.

Yes. Group pricing is available for organizations enrolling teams or larger cohorts, making it a cost-effective way to roll out learning across a department or organization.

Online learning through HMX and HealthXcelerate is designed for organizations to enroll teams at scale in existing, fully online courses. Group enrollment places a team into an existing courses or prorgrams, and a custom program is built exclusively around an organization's specific goals.

Contact our team with more details about your organization’s goals, your team size, and the courses you're interested in. Our team will walk you through enrollment options and group pricing.

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