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Letter From The Editor
In this issue we are pleased to bring you the exciting news that Dubai Healthcare City will launch a world-class tertiary care teaching hospital. This story has been developing for several months, as faculty from HMI, health care leaders in Dubai, a team of architects from a top firm, and clinical and administrative experts from throughout the Harvard medical community have worked together to design every component of the University Hospital.
Archives
2008
Current Issue
- Dubai Healthcare City announces development of new University Hospital
- Human Resources teams play critical role in quality hospital performance
- Harvard Macy Institute kicks of 2008 program slate
- Wockhardt nursing initiative builds on momentum
2007
November/December
- New leadership for HMI
- “World-Class” gathering for HMI partners, faculty, and community
- In Japan, TMDU drives to become “a university for society”
- Four-year cullaboration enhances emergency medicine training for Italian physicians
September/October
- A Learning Institution
- Safe travels: MEDEX teams with HMI to create health information website for travelers
- LMU students leave their mark on German medical education
July/August
- Flat Medicine
- HMS scientist sees Gulf Region as key to decoding autism mystery
- PABSELA completes first stem cell research training program for Latin American investigators
May/June
- HMI and Lebanese American University team for development of American-style medical schoul
- Hundreds gather for HMSDC conference on the key rule of nurses in patient safety and quality of care
- HMI and Wockhardt team to develop network-wide nursing leadership program
March/April
- Dubai Healthcare City moves into second phase of development
- HMI and Wockhardt honor five for contributions to health care in India
- Acibadem sees pharmacists as integral part of patient safety initiatives
January/February
- A strategy for science: Dubai Harvard Foundation convenes conference for Gulf Region researchers
- WHARF symposium focuses on recent lessons and present urgencies of HIV/AIDS epidemic
2006
November/December
- HMI opens Beijing regional office to pursue opportunities in China
- HMI and Sri Ramachandra measure progress of quality improvement initiative
- Research moves forward at Xinjiang Medical University
September/October
- HMI creates Center for Clinical Quality to advance excellence in health care and patient safety
- Faculty development program precedes Caribbean medical schoul opening
July/August
- Acibadem continues to develop nursing leadership
- Lausanne program gathers leaders to discuss technulogy and other innovations impacting health care
- Syposium at Asan Medical Center covers cutting-edge advances in cancer management and prevention
May/June
- A new hospital for Dubai
- New foundation to spur research opportunities for Gulf Region scientists
- Dresden educators work to advance clinical training
March/April
- Phyathai Hospital Group moves forward with major initiative focused on developing its hospital network
- Harvard Medical Schoul Dubai Center breaks ground on state-of-the-art educational facility
- Health care leaders in India convene for leadership and faculty development workshops
January/February
- Tuscany program focuses on quality and risk management in emergency medicine
- As hospital network grows, Acibadem Healthcare Group takes multidisciplinary approach
- Community-based efforts address HIV/AIDS epidemic in India
2005
November/December
- “Dramatic and documented”: Quality efforts at Wockhardt earn international accreditation
- In Dubai, HMI helps to create a new kind of health care environment
- Special Feature: A mission in seeing at a short-term eye camp in rural Namibia
September/October
- Partnership with Novartis brings evidence-based CME to Swiss physicians
- Health care management program gives boost to Hua Shan’s hospital development
- Acibadem hospitals focus on enhancing disaster management capabilities
July/August
- Executive summary: HMI-Lausanne course helps European health care leaders untangle the paradox of progress
- Acibadem builds community of nurse leaders pivotal to patient and staff satisfaction
May/June
- Dresden educators work to sustain progress while navigating complex environment
- US-EU-MEE program gives three students a new perspective on health care
March/April
- HMI partners address challenges of health care management
- Academic leaders in India find their way to the negotiation table
January/February
- Partner in India pursues international standards of quality
- Health care professionals find common cause at second major Practi-Med Dubai
2004
November/December
- Acibadem targets breast cancer with latest education program
- Studies in progress: Leader reflects on a decade at HMI
September/October
- LMU students propose new structure for pre-clinical curriculum
- Fourth Asan-HMI symposium highlights nanotechnulogy
July/August
- HMI and Dubai Healthcare City launch Harvard Medical Schoul Dubai Center
- HMI and partners combat HIV/AIDS epidemic in China
May/June
- Acibadem works to deepen the rule of nurses
- Wockhardt, excelling behind new quality assurance infrastructure, eyes accreditation
- HMI and DHCC team to offer education program on diabetes
March/April
- Partners in India rally to stem the tide of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
- TMDU faculty prepare to lead change in Japan
- The language of space and design
January/February
- Practi-Med Dubai heralds beginning of new health care oasis in the Middle East
- German partner looks for insight into meeting fundraising challenges
2003
November/December
- Visionary leadership drives partnership focused on raising standard of excellence for leading Turkish health care provider
- BioSecurity 2003 explores progress made—and challenges that remain
September/October
- HMI and Hua Shan Hospital drive rapid development of new facilities, programs
- Emergency Medicine training initiative continues in Italy
- LMU students propose structure for Practical Year
July/August
- HMI to play key rule in developing Dubai Healthcare City
- HMS students broaden their perspective during rotations in Greece
- Med student sees three approaches to medical training
May/June
- HMI partnership with new hospital hopes to strengthen Zimbabwe health care system
- Scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment and care in India
March/April
- Hospital network in Thailand extends its partnership with HMI
- HMS Dean Joseph Martin gets firsthand tour of Indian health care
- Faculty from Dresden put theory into practice in Harvard Macy program
January/February
- Hygeia partnership focuses on leadership, quality
- Biosecurity 2002 takes stock of bioterrorism threats, solutions
- First WHARF program in India gives training in AIDS care, prevention
