On May 30 and 31, China Resources Chairman Fu Yuning led a team that included members of the strategy department, CR Healthcare and CR Network during a visit to Brigham Health’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, both Harvard Medical School teaching affiliates in Boston. During this visit, representatives from CR Healthcare, Partners HealthCare International (PHI), Brigham Health (BH), and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (SRH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Chairman Fu witnessed the signing ceremony, which was held at the Harvard Club of Boston.
Building on the MOU, CR Healthcare and PHI-BH-SRH will continue discussions and negotiations toward a definitive agreement to create a joint steering committee and plan for a new hospital in Hangzhou. The parties will consider collaboration in creating centers of excellence, remote clinical collaboration, and development of a rehabilitation center, with education offered.
PHI is the global arm of Partners HealthCare. Partners HealthCare is an integrated health system founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to its two academic medical centers, the Partners system includes community and specialty hospitals, a managed care organization, community health centers, a physician network, home health and long-term care services, and other health-related entities. Partners is one of the nation’s leading biomedical research organizations and a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Partners HealthCare is a non-profit organization.
Brigham Health is a global leader, devoted to maintaining and restoring health for people everywhere. Brigham Health consists of Brigham and Women's Hospital and many related facilities. It has more than 1,200 doctors and provides professional medical services for patients from the United States and more than 120 countries around the world.
Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital is one of the major teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical School and a world-renowned referral center that receives the most complex referral cases from various medical fields. With 777 beds, more than 4.2 million annual patient visits, 43,000 inpatient stays and 1.3 million outpatient visits, BWH provides expert care in virtually every medical and surgical specialty. An international leader in basic, clinical and translational research, BWH has nearly 5,000 researchers, including physician-investigators, renowned biomedical scientists, and faculty supported by $681 million in funding.
Founded in 1971, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston is one of the largest rehabilitation facilities in the United States, and is ranked the 4th top rehabilitation hospital in the country by U.S. News & World Report. As the official teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Spaulding is at the forefront of research in advances in rehabilitative care. Spaulding’s main campus is a 132-bed facility in Charlestown which is a national model for environmental and inclusive design. With a wide range of inpatient programs and 25 outpatient centers throughout Eastern Massachusetts, Spaulding strives to continually update and improve its programs to offer patients the latest, high-quality care through its leading, expert providers.
