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Partners Harvard Medical International (PHMI) is a not-for-profit organization that provides advisory services and professional consulting to organizations outside the United States. PHMI is a subsidiary of Partners HealthCare
System, a health care system based in Boston, Massachusetts.
. Since 1994, the company has developed collaborative relationships with institutions in more than 40 countries.
and Brigham & Women's Hospital, to serve as consultants on its projects, depending on the type of expertise required to service the client.
Much of PHMI’s early work was focused on assisting medical schools with exploring and implementing up-to-date curriculum models. PHMI has long-standing collaborative relationships with medical faculties at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany and the Dresden University of Technology
. Other long-standing relationships include PHMI’s work with Asan Medical Center
in Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo Medical and Dental University
in Japan. In 2007, PHMI began a collaboration with Lebanese American University
(LAU) in Beirut; in October 2009 LAU opened a new medical school with assistance from PHMI.
Over the last decade, PHMI has worked on increasing numbers of projects focused on developing health care delivery systems and organizations. In 2003, PHMI began a relationship with Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), the large health care and education free zone development supported by the Government of Dubai
. PHMI played an important role in helping to design the rules and regulations for the health care city and processes to enable DHCC to welcome new health care services providers.
Another notable PHMI project is its collaboration with Wockhardt
Hospitals Limited, a private sector chain of super-specialty hospitals based in Mumbai, India.In 2005, an intensive quality and performance improvement program involving staff from both PHMI and Wockhardt resulted in Wockhardt’s Mulund hospital receiving accreditation from Joint Commission International (JCI). Further work resulted in JCI’s accreditation of Wockhardt’s Bangalore hospital in 2008 .
Recent projects have focused on improving diabetes care in Libya , assisting with development of a new medical school in Saudi Arabia, and conceptual planning for schools of nursing, medicine, and allied health in Pakistan.
PHMI has around 50 full-time employees based in its Boston headquarters. A number of full-time staff are on the faculty of Harvard Medical School
and have served in various roles at Harvard-affiliated hospitals in the Boston area. The staff also includes professionals from the fields of nursing, architecture and facilities planning, and management consulting.
Partners HealthCare
Partners HealthCare is a non-profit organization that owns several hospitals in Massachusetts, primarily in the Boston area. Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital founded the organization in 1994...
System, a health care system based in Boston, Massachusetts.
History
PHMI was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of Harvard University. From 1994 until 2008, the organization was known as Harvard Medical International, or HMI. Operated as a division of Harvard Medical School, HMI’s original focus was to work with institutions around the world – primarily medical schools and health care delivery organizations – who were interested in developing education programs and health care programs of the high standard represented by Harvard Medical School and its associated teaching hospitals.In April 2008, HMI became Partners Harvard Medical International and became part of Partners HealthCarePartners HealthCare
Partners HealthCare is a non-profit organization that owns several hospitals in Massachusetts, primarily in the Boston area. Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital founded the organization in 1994...
. Since 1994, the company has developed collaborative relationships with institutions in more than 40 countries.
Organization
PHMI’s clients are predominantly health care delivery organizations or systems, academic medical institutions or other schools in the health sciences, government and non-governmental agencies, and stakeholders and developers undertaking projects in the arena of health care and education. PHMI's services to clients include strategic planning, infrastructure/facilities and systems planning, clinical and educational program design, professional development programming, and quality improvement programs. Many PHMI projects involve work in multiple areas of expertise and draw upon multidisciplinary collaborations between PHMI staff and client staff. PHMI commonly engages members of the Harvard University faculty and clinical staff from top Harvard-affiliated hospitals in the Boston area, including Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
and Brigham & Women's Hospital, to serve as consultants on its projects, depending on the type of expertise required to service the client.
Much of PHMI’s early work was focused on assisting medical schools with exploring and implementing up-to-date curriculum models. PHMI has long-standing collaborative relationships with medical faculties at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany and the Dresden University of Technology
Dresden University of Technology
The Technische Universität Dresden is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony and one of the 10 largest universities in Germany with 36,066 students...
. Other long-standing relationships include PHMI’s work with Asan Medical Center
Asan Medical Center
Asan Medical Center is the parent of seven hospitals which are part of the Asan Foundation established in 1977 and which has non-profit operations in areas including healthcare, social work, scholarship, and R&D support....
in Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
is part of Japan's national university system. Tokyo Medical and Dental University offers baccalaureate and graduate degrees in medicine, dentistry, and related fields.- History :...
in Japan. In 2007, PHMI began a collaboration with Lebanese American University
Lebanese American University
The Lebanese American University is a secular, private and independent American university located in Lebanon...
(LAU) in Beirut; in October 2009 LAU opened a new medical school with assistance from PHMI.
Over the last decade, PHMI has worked on increasing numbers of projects focused on developing health care delivery systems and organizations. In 2003, PHMI began a relationship with Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), the large health care and education free zone development supported by the Government of Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
. PHMI played an important role in helping to design the rules and regulations for the health care city and processes to enable DHCC to welcome new health care services providers.
Another notable PHMI project is its collaboration with Wockhardt
Wockhardt
Wockhardt Ltd. is a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The company has manufacturing plants in India, UK, Ireland, France and US, and subsidiaries in US, UK, Ireland and France. It is a global company with a more than half of its revenue coming from Europe. The...
Hospitals Limited, a private sector chain of super-specialty hospitals based in Mumbai, India.In 2005, an intensive quality and performance improvement program involving staff from both PHMI and Wockhardt resulted in Wockhardt’s Mulund hospital receiving accreditation from Joint Commission International (JCI). Further work resulted in JCI’s accreditation of Wockhardt’s Bangalore hospital in 2008 .
Recent projects have focused on improving diabetes care in Libya , assisting with development of a new medical school in Saudi Arabia, and conceptual planning for schools of nursing, medicine, and allied health in Pakistan.
PHMI has around 50 full-time employees based in its Boston headquarters. A number of full-time staff are on the faculty of Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
and have served in various roles at Harvard-affiliated hospitals in the Boston area. The staff also includes professionals from the fields of nursing, architecture and facilities planning, and management consulting.
See also
- Partners HealthCarePartners HealthCarePartners HealthCare is a non-profit organization that owns several hospitals in Massachusetts, primarily in the Boston area. Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital founded the organization in 1994...
- Brigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds...
- Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
- Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
- Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...