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  • January 31, 2019

    Hospital-Built Housing Could Be a Cure for the Nantucket Shuffle

    Hospital-Built Housing Could Be a Cure for the Nantucket Shuffle

    If we build it, they will stay. And patients will benefit. That’s the theory behind Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s plan to build up to 83 units of staff housing across the street from the completely rebuilt hospital, opening soon.

  • May 21, 2018

    Partners Looks to the Future, with Cost and Care Alignment as a Guide

    Partners Looks to the Future, with Cost and Care Alignment as a Guide

    As partnership talks continue between Partners HealthCare and Care New England, enhancing population health and value-based care remain guiding principles for Partners’ future, concentrated in the region.

  • April 23, 2018

    New Program Provides Right Nurses at Right Time—for the Right Care

    New Program Provides Right Nurses at Right Time—for the Right Care

    For every medical center—within and beyond Partners HealthCare—the staffing of nurses is a calibrated balance of several factors: numbers of patients, intensity of care required, and the actual availability of nurses.

  • January 18, 2018

    Setting the Pace for Economic Inclusion in Our Community

    Setting the Pace for Economic Inclusion in Our Community

    As highlighted in posts on this blog, Partners HealthCare is committed to advancing diversity and inclusion, across our organization and in our communities. Now, with a newly launched initiative led by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, we join nine other organizations committed to expanding economic opportunity for minority-owned businesses.

  • December 28, 2017

    A Look Back At Our Most Popular Posts From 2017

    A Look Back At Our Most Popular Posts From 2017

    Here on Connect with Partners, we strive to share compelling stories from Partners HealthCare and the local and national health care industries with our readers. Our blog posts cover innovative patient care, pioneering research, legislation discussions, and other important health care issues currently affecting our communities.

  • November 2, 2017

    From Volume to Value: The Mattress Pad as Metaphor

    From Volume to Value: The Mattress Pad as Metaphor

    In fiscal year 2017 Brigham and Women's Hospital embarked on a $150 million cost-cutting initiative. This is just one slice of Partners HealthCare's overall forward-looking effort to reduce our operating budget by $500 million.

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Partners Healthcare: Founded by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital
Founding Members
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
Members
  • AllWays Health Partners
  • Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
  • Cooley Dickinson Health Care
  • Martha’s Vineyard Hospital
  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear
  • McLean Hospital
  • MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Nantucket Cottage Hospital
  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital
  • North Shore Medical Center
  • Partners Community Physicians Organization
  • Partners HealthCare at Home
  • Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
  • Wentworth-Douglass Hospital