Entrepreneur Dan Hogan has been named as Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey College of Business Entrepreneur in Residence for the 2018-2019 school year. Hogan founded his business, Medalogix, in 2009 with the goal of assisting home health providers in managing and delivering more efficient and effective patient care.
As a former home health agency owner and operator, Hogan founded Medalogix to be a post-acute specific predictive modeling and workflow company. His personal healthcare knowledge has assisted him in tackling challenges in home health care and end-of-life care.
As the Entrepreneur in Residence, Hogan will be available to give one-on-one advising to students as they begin or continue in their entrepreneurial endeavors. He will also support other entrepreneurial programs in the Massey College of Business throughout the year. A seasoned entrepreneur rooted in Nashville, the Entrepreneur in Residence will also act as a connector between Belmont and Nashville by setting up speakers, connecting students with mentors and getting students engaged in other entrepreneurial events in the area.
In a convocation event held on campus, Hogan had some advice for students and young entrepreneurs. He told students that “it is better to be lucky because you’re out there in the game,” when starting their own businesses. He encouraged students to get comfortable with the phrase “I don’t know” and to “go and try and fail, and maybe one day you won’t fail.” Hogan also spoke about how influential and critical mentors and advisers have been to him throughout his career.
After developing Medalogix, Hogan and his business have been recognized by several different Nashville organizations and national organizations. He was honored as Nashville’s “2016 Entrepreneur of the Year,” and one of “Nashville Business Journal’s” “Most Admired CEO’s.” Medalogix was recently recognized by Harvard University as a Health Acceleration Challenge finalist.
Hogan is a Chicago native and holds a degree in speech communication from the University of Georgia. He is involved in the Nashville community through being on the board of Safe Haven and TEDx Nashville. He also is a member of Leadership Nashville’s 2016 class and a past president of Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Nashville chapter.
Entrepreneur in Residence from the 2017-2018 school year, Victoria Kopyar, will also be available to students as an entrepreneurial resource for the coming school year.
The service trip included multiple opportunities to learn and interact with other people as Belmont students collaborated with the FSRL students in learning about the similarities and differences in PT and OT in Haiti versus the US. At Respire and myLIFEspeaks, both groups of students built adaptive equipment out of PVC pipe and duct tape, planned and executed activities for children with special needs, provided fall risk assessments and led exercise groups for older adults. Belmont students led a discussion with first year FRSL students on OT and PT, and Espiritu facilitated a case study for the entire group.
Singer songwriter Paulina Jayne, who graduated from Belmont University in May, has recently been granted a sponsorship from Ford Motor Company. Ford Driving Skills for Life program has signed Jayne as a celebrity sponsor where she will promote the program and safe driving through video and public service announcements.
One organization that the students became involved in this summer is AbleYouth, an organization that works with children who are wheelchair bound to teaching them the skills needed to become as independent as possible while giving them the opportunity to come together for days of fun games and sports. The physical therapy students served on AbleYouth’s Super Sports Saturday, where large groups of kids come together to play games, outdoor activities and sports. The PT students have found that they enjoy playing and working with the children just as much, if not more, than the children enjoy them being there. An ongoing relationship has formed with the AbleYouth program, and Addison plans to encourage continued involvement between Belmont and the organization.
