Here are six things to know:
1. The collaboration will also address ways to enhance healthcare delivery and clinician training.
2. Intermountain plans to give Stanford Medicine a $1.25 million grant for clinical research. The Stanford School of Medicine will allot $1.25 million toward the clinical research, for a total of $2.5 million for clinical research projects.
3. Intermountain will also pay $1.25 million for operational expenses and other projects.
4. Some of Intermountain’s physicians will work alongside Stanford’s clinical faculty for the projects.
5. The two institutions are already in the midst of several projects, like cancer genomics research and applied clinical informatics.
6. Intermountain is testing Stanford’s project on ambulatory care ICUs, which is a new way to prevent costly health issues for patients with chronic illnesses.
“Our collaboration will lead to higher quality and improved outcomes for both Stanford and Intermountain patients, and will be translated into models that can be adopted by healthcare organizations across the country and around the world,” said Mariann Byerwalter, interim president and CEO, Stanford Health Care.
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