Kaiser Permanente, Johns Hopkins forge partnership

Kaiser Permanente and Johns Hopkins Medicine have announced a strategic partnership to share best practices, advance population health, collaborate on education and research and explore better healthcare models for consumers and communities.

According to a joint announcement, the partners will focus on:

• Sharing best practices and leveraging EMRs to accommodate the growing need among providers and patients to access clinical information quickly and efficiently.
• Strengthening the relationship between Kaiser Permanente and Suburban Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, by combining their collective expertise to create an advanced model of care.
• Exploring home care and leveraging technology to deliver personalized medicine.
• Building on the existing collaboration between Kaiser Permanente and Johns Hopkins’ Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality to advance the patient experience and improve treatment outcomes while reducing costs.
• Pursuing opportunities to develop educational programs and research-based best practices that benefit the overall health of the people in the communities we serve.

“Healthcare today requires partnership among forward-thinking healthcare organizations,” said Paul B. Rothman, MD, dean of the medical faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, in a statement. “Through a strategic collaboration with Kaiser Permanente, we will be able to cultivate the human and intellectual capital found in both organizations to significantly improve the safety and quality of care while enhancing the patient experience.”