The School of Medicine is a HSG institute with a special purpose, which is to organize the Joint Medical Master (JMM-HSG/UZH) in cooperation with the University of Zurich, the Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen and other institutions of the eastern part of Switzerland. In addition the School of Medicine is also a research institute of the HSG to whom belong the following chairs: Health Economics, Policy and Management, Digital Health Interventions, Medical Knowledge and Decision Support, Medical Humanities as well as the Assistant professorship Assessing Innovation in Healthcare.