Mount Sinai Health System of New York and Taikang Healthcare of China Launch Strategic Hospital Collaboration
Partnership Will Transform Health Care Delivery at Taikang’s Xianlin Drum Tower Hospital in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
Mount Sinai Health System, New York’s largest integrated academic medical center, announced today a historic agreement with Taikang Healthcare in China to provide clinical and management knowledge transfer services, and education and training programs for Taikang’s Xianlin Drum Tower Hospital in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province in east central China.
Mount Sinai will also provide guidance in implementing high-quality medical care delivery standards, developing clinical centers of excellence, and establishing best practices in hospital management.
“Our mission is to enable our international partners to raise the standards of healthcare delivery in their communities by leveraging Mount Sinai’s repository of medical knowledge, cutting-edge clinical innovations, and educational resources,” said Arthur Klein, MD, President of Mount Sinai Health Network. “Taikang shares this mission and is committed to improving healthcare outcomes for their patients. Taikang is an ideal partner to for us in China, and we are excited to play an important and critical role in expanding innovative healthcare in this region.”
“Among a vast array of domestic organizations currently involved in hospital development in China, Taikang really stands out,” noted Szabi Dorotovics, MD, President of Mount Sinai International, the division of the Mount Sinai Health System responsible for global collaborations. “Taikang is focused on the health and wellness of the communities it serves and prioritizing access and care excellence first. This is wholly consistent with Mount Sinai’s international goals and we are proud to partner with them to transform care for the patients they serve.”
Dr. Benjamin Liu, Vice President of Taikang Insurance Group and CEO of Taikang Healthcare, a wholly owned subsidiaryof the Taikang Insurance Group which oversees healthcare and senior living community development and operation, noted, “During the last 165 years, Mount Sinai has forged its reputation in the USA as a healthcare pioneer. Taikang Healthcare is, admittedly, a much younger organization, but we also consider ourselves a healthcare and senior living sector‘pioneer’ in the emerging landscape in China. We believe that when two such ‘pioneers’ join forces, we can, together, truly advance transformation of the Chinese healthcare industry.”
About Taikang Insurance Group & Taikang Healthcare
The Taikang Insurance Group owns Taikang Life Insurance, Taikang Assets, Taikang Pension, Taikang Health Investment, Taikang Health, Taikang Online, and other subsidiaries. The Group’s business scope covers a wide range of areas including Life Insurance, Internet Property Insurance, Enterprise Annuities, Asset Management, Medical Pensions, Health Management, and Commercial Real Estate. As of the end of 2017, Taikang’s assets under management exceeded RMB 1.2 trillion . Since its establishment 22 years ago, the Group has serviced a total of 225 million individual customers, and over 340,000 service enterprise customers in China. Taikang has been ranked among the “Top 500 Chinese Enterprises” for 14 consecutive years. In 2018, Taikang Insurance Group ranked No. 489 in the Fortune Global 500 list, with an operating income of US$24.085 billion, marking Taikang's entry into the ranks of the world's largest insurance financial services groups.The Taikang Insurance Group has always adhered to the concepts of “professionalism, market-focus, and standardization”, thereby deepening the life insurance industry’s value chain through 3,900 offline physical networks, online internet platforms, and 700,000 employees and sales professionals across China. Taikang is committed to becoming the world's leading insurance financial services group, making insurance more secure, more convenient, and more affordable, thereby allowing its customers to lead a healthier, longer, and richer life. The Taikang Group has also invested in the operation of Taikang Xianlin Drum Tower Hospital in Nanjing – the provincial capital of Jiangsu Province, the construction of the Taikang Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and the launch of the Taikang Southwest Medical Center in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, among the Group’s other efforts to develop a range of medical education and research-integrated medical centers.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, nearly 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,300 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.
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