The Boston-based non-profit Mass General Brigham, the number one in hospital research in the US, is keen to collaborate with new or established hospitals, healthcare systems, and health-oriented projects in the Kingdom.
Giles W. L. Boland, president of the Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization (BWPO) and vice president of Mass General Brigham, said: “We have partnered with a leading hospital in Saudi Arabia and worked with their clinical experts on initiatives/build new service line in the cancer/radiology field to help improve efficiency and quality standards.”
“We focus on highlighting our clinical, research, and training expertise and how collaboration benefits patients and our partners,” he added.
He pointed out that the MGB and its hospitals have been involved in Gulf healthcare development for the past 20 years to support the health sector's transformation in the region. The focus has been on education and training, the Gulf healthcare system’s integration initiatives, and knowledge exchange. He said that MGB collaborates with various organizations, including new or established hospitals, healthcare systems, as well as health-oriented projects.
Boland said that “the MGB involves projects in almost all areas of healthcare operations and management, building greenfield hospitals, designing a new clinical program, developing ambulatory strategies of the future, developing digital health or population health strategy, and many more”.
Speaking about the operation of Mass General Brigham, Boland said Brigham’s history can be dated back to two centuries ago. It consists of medical progress and many world’s first discoveries that impacted the patients around the world. MGB is dedicated to enhancing patient care, teaching, and research by spending about $2 billion annually. “In fact, the $2 billion in annual research funding fuels 2,700 clinical trials across 452 research labs and clinical departments bringing new treatments to the patients and the world,” he added.
He pointed out that the MGB hospitals provide medical treatment and care for patients from more than 140 countries annually. In addition, the MGB has been a trusted collaborator to organizations in over 40 countries for the past 25 years to support and build local healthcare capacity and drive transformative, sustainable improvements. “At Mass General Brigham, we believe that everyone, everywhere, deserves world-class health care,” said Boland.
Boland said that thousands of MGB’s physicians are Harvard Medical School professors, teaching the next generation of clinical, research, and administrative leaders around the world. To this end, it is also important to note that Mass General Brigham Global Advisory is designed to extend MGB hospitals’ capabilities and knowledge globally and aims to drive the innovative future of clinical and educational collaborations worldwide.
