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Project Summary:

Cooperator: University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC)

Industry: Healthcare services

Markets: European Union, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Latin America

MDCP award: $498,801
UHC match: $2,393,430

Exports:

Period: 2010-2013

Project Scope: Promote U.S. Health Care Services by: 1. Creating a forum for international patient programs; 2. Creating specifications for data elements to be collected and reported on international patients; 3. Developing and validating a methodology to value medical care exports to U.S. academic medical centers; 4. Planning and holding a series of meetings focused on strategies to increase the global competitiveness of U.S. academic medical centers; 5. Developing strategic relationships with Ministries of Health and private payers abroad.

Key ITA team members:

• Office of Service Industries

• U.S. Commercial Service

 

 

 

University HealthSystem Consortium
 

Export of Healthcare Services

The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) won a $499,000 MDCP award in 2010. An early result of this project is the U.S. Cooperative for International Patient Programs (USCIPP). The MDCP project is now a UHC/USCIPP partnership with Rush University which has brought together 35-plus U.S. academic medical centers with an international footprint to work together on supporting the success of U.S hospitals and specialty clinics in serving international patients.

The project, which is managed by UHC- a consortium of 116 academic medical centers and their 276 affiliate hospitals, focuses on three overarching goals: 1) increase exports from U.S. medical centers; 2) support a more engaged and integrated industry that can jointly promote the sector and; 3) conduct a rigorous data and evaluation to program to better measure health services exports. 
 

 

 

  
 

Trade promotion activities have included participating in Medica, a large trade fair in Dusseldorf, Germany and Arab Health in Dubai (as pictured in the photo above).  Twelve member institutions participated in the Arab Health show in 2011, deepening their relationships with local healthcare providers and partners..

 

 
         
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