Partners HealthCare International (PHI) provides advisory services and professional consulting to organizations outside the United States. PHI is a subsidiary of

Partners HealthCare Mass General Brigham (MGB) (formerly Partners HealthCare) is a not-for-profit, integrated health care system that engages in medical research, teaching, and patient care. It is the largest hospital-based research enterprise in the United States, ...

System, a non-profit health care system based in

Boston, Massachusetts Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

History

PHI was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

. 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 — interested in developing education programs and health care programs with the help of Harvard professors and the staff of Harvard Medical School. In April 2008, HMI became Partners Harvard Medical International and became part of

. Since 1994, the company has developed collaborative relationships with institutions in more than 40 countries.

Organization

PHI's clients are primarily health care organizations or systems, academic medical institutions or other schools in the health sciences, government and non-governmental agencies, and others groups that develop health care and education projects. PHMI helps clients with 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 a variety of areas of expertise and draw on collaboration between the staffs of PHI and its clients. PHI works with members of the Harvard University faculty and clinical staff from Harvard-affiliated hospitals in the Boston area, including

Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvar ...

and

Brigham & Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH or The Brigham) is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Along with Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two f ...

, who consult on its projects. PHI's early work focused on helping medical schools research and implement up-to-date curriculum models. PHI has relationships with medical faculties at

Alfaisal University Alfaisal University is a private university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsu ...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in th ...

Ludwig Maximilians University The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

Munich, Germany Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

and the

Dresden University of Technology TU Dresden (for , abbreviated as TUD), also as the Dresden University of Technology, is a public research university in Dresden, Germany. It is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony a ...

. Other long-standing relationships include PHMI's work with

Asan Medical Center Asan Medical Center (AMC) () is a reference hospital and the teaching hospital of the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, located in Seoul, South Korea. With 2,432 beds for patients and a total floor area of approximately 280,000 square meter ...

Seoul, South Korea Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

, and

Tokyo Medical and Dental University was a public university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It merged with the Tokyo Institute of Technology to form the Institute of Science Tokyo on 1 October 2024. Established in 1928, Tokyo Medical and Dental University was the oldest national schoo ...

in Japan. During the last decade, PHI has worked on an increasing number of projects focused on developing health care delivery systems and organizations. In 2003, PHMI began working with

Dubai Healthcare City Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) () is a healthcare free economic zone situated in Umm Hurair, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. DHCC was launched in 2002 by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-president and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Duba ...

(DHCC), the large health care and education free zone development supported by the Government of

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

. PHI helped design the rules and regulations for the health care city and the processes DHCC used to bring in new health care services providers. Another PHI project is its collaboration with Wockhardt Hospitals Limited, a private sector chain of super-specialty hospitals based in

Mumbai, India Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial centre, financial capital and the list of cities i ...

. In 2005, after PHMI and Wockhardt together designed a quality and performance improvement program, Wockhardt's Mulund hospital received accreditation from

Joint Commission International The Joint Commission is a United States-based nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c) organization that accredits more than 22,000 US health care organizations and programs. The international branch accredits medical services from around the world. A majori ...

(JCI). Further work led to JCI's accreditation of Wockhardt's Bangalore hospital in 2008."Quality efforts at Wockhardt earn international accreditation"
PHMI News. Retrieved on 2010-01-29. Recent projects have focused on improving diabetes care in Libya, helping develop of a new medical school in Saudi Arabia, and conceptual planning for schools of nursing, medicine, and allied health in Pakistan. PHI has also partnered with

Vitals Global Healthcare Vitals Global Healthcare (VGH) was a healthcare company based in Malta. It managed public–private partnerships and worked with Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Hospital contract controversy In 2014 it "formulated a bid ...

, which is entrusted to develop new facilities in Malta, under a PPP initiative estimated at 200 million Euro to introduce new medical facilities on the island.Partners HealthCare International and Vitals Global Healthcare Sign Agreement to Improve Health Care Services in Malta
/ref> PHI has around 20 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 (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...

and have served in different roles at Harvard-affiliated hospitals in the Boston area. Its staff has expertise in nursing, architecture and facilities planning, and

management consulting Management consulting is the practice of providing consulting services to organizations to improve their performance or in any way to assist in achieving organizational objectives. Organizations may draw upon the services of management consultant ...

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