The big move
Last week, Harvard University and Partners HealthCare formally executed an agreement that brings about the transition of HMI to Partners Harvard Medical International (PHMI). The full story, including perspectives from PHMI executives Andrew Jeon and Bruce Dowton, as well as Partners VP Jay Pieper, is in the new issue of HMI WORLD. Here Drs. Jeon and Dowton provide the key takeaways:
“HMI’s work since its inception has been possible in large part due to the unwavering support from the leadership of Harvard Medical School, as well as the tremendous intellectual resources of its faculty,” said Andrew A. Jeon, MD, MBA, Acting President and Chief Executive Officer. “We anticipate that in our new affiliation with Partners, we will be able to expand our mission to increase access to quality health care in countries across the world, while maintaining a vital academic partnership with the Medical School and its affiliated institutions.”
This transition comes as the result of discussions between Partners and Harvard about the best positioning of HMI for the future. Over the course of HMI’s 14-year history, its HMI portfolio has expanded beyond the organization’s original charter to extend the Medical School’s tradition of academic excellence to include a wide array of service capabilities.
“Today, in addition to working with clients to develop greenfield schools to train health care professionals, and helping existing academic institutions to innovate and improve, we are also deeply committed to pursuing collaborations focused on building sustainable models for clinical and operational excellence and designing strategies for workforce development in the health care settings,” said S. Bruce Dowton, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Dowton added that going forward, PHMI would be able to provide to clients a more comprehensive range of academic and clinical services, including facilities management, consulting services, and training of allied health care professionals.
But the transition that makes us part of the Partners family isn’t the only recent big move. We’ve also moved our Boston headquarters — a wholly separate development that happened to coincide with the move to Partners. Our new address is 131 Dartmouth Street in Boston’s Back Bay District. The PHMI Boston team is settling in and looking forward to welcoming colleagues and clients to the wonderful new office.
“Today, in addition to working with clients to develop greenfield schools to train health care professionals, and helping existing academic institutions to innovate and improve, we are also deeply committed to pursuing collaborations focused on building sustainable models for clinical and operational excellence and designing strategies for workforce development in the health care settings,” said S. Bruce Dowton, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.”
The world is moving towards self governance and when this is not supported, it often results in conflict and separation. Ownership work beyond money and status rewards is strong basis for facilities and consultancy services. It is important for the service provider to be open to all genuine users .
Ownership work gives us the independence and leads to common values and policies through the triple bottom line – Policy, People & Profit (Money)
Dr. Dowton, as Dean of University of New South Wales Medical School, demonstrated high level of ownership in Democratic Management and gives one the confidence that PHMI would be successful.