Two world class medical systems have announced plans to collaborate on research and education initiatives to improve patient care and health delivery systems, as a result of a recent business trade and business mission to Israel, led by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer.
The Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, the most comprehensive hospital in Israel and the Middle East and Orlando-based Florida Hospital, the flagship of the Adventist Health System, earlier this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for international collaboration and strategic relations. The partnership is designed to leverage each institution’s individual’s strengths, experience and perspectives in delivering and improving patient care on both a local and international level.
Commenting on the MOU, Dyer said, “I am thrilled that Florida Hospital, one of our nation’s best hospitals, has joined forces with one of the Middle East’s most comprehensive medical centers with a common goal of improving healthcare options and enhancing the quality of life for patients in Orlando and throughout the world.”
Dyer added that the partnership was a direct result of the business and trade mission to Israel which provided an opportunity to cultivate the global relationship.
In announcing the partnership, representatives from Florida Hospital and The Sheba Medical Center said both institutions would work cohesively to implement new ventures that answer important clinical and patient questions, including becoming an incubator and demonstration site for new ideas and approaches, aimed at improving patient management and care.
“An important part of Florida Hospital’s vision is to be a global pacesetter,” said Lars Houmann, president and CEO of Florida Hospital, who traveled with Dyer to Israel. “This collaboration in Israel with such an outstanding teaching hospital will advance our understanding of the research and provision of health care in their part of the world, and will provide them with the reciprocal benefit in the United States.”
Dyer who led the 11-member trade and business mission to Israel last week, was accompanied not only by representatives in the healthcare and life sciences field, but as well, officials from the simulation and defense industries.
