Health Minister in talks with Harvard and Partners HealthCare

Health Minister Chris Fearne this week visited the hospitals run by Partners HealthCare, who will be joining Vitals Global Healthcare.

VGH won a service concession for the management and operation of Karin Grech Rehabilitation Hospital, Gozo General Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital. In collaboration with VGH, PHI will focus on the development of clinical quality and patient safety standards, benchmarks and systems, and the development of structures and systems for post graduate medical education.

PHI, according to its website, is the global arm of Partners HealthCare, one of the leading integrated academic health care systems in the United States.

PHI's founding members, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the two largest Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals, and are consistently ranked in the top 10 on the U.S. News and World Report's list of Best Hospitals.  

During his visit, Fearne visited the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, as well as Harvard teaching hospitals Massachusetts General, Spalding and Brigham, and women’s hospitals. These teaching hospitals are run by Partners Health Care.

According to the ministry for health, Fearne discussed how best to use PHC’s recourses and expertise to help in increasing the standards of health services in Malta and Gozo.

PHI has wide experience in working with local entities across the globe, from Japan to Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.

Research collaboration between Harvard and Malta’s academic institutions was also discussed.