CHA’s academic vision statement declares that “Academics is Fundamental to Cambridge Health Alliance.” Just over 50 years ago, Harvard University and the City of Cambridge affiliated in order to radically improve the poor quality of medical care at its public hospital. That design spawned a new era. Academic programming attracted an excellent medical staff and fostered an increasingly empathetic, curious, socially committed and well-trained medical community. It served to improve the health of our local communities, but moreover, to shape medical practice, education and policy for the nation. Our reputation is increasingly well-known and well-earned in our communities, the Massachusetts State House, Washington D.C., and in academic centers around the nation. It would not be an overstatement to say that CHA would not exist today if it were not for its academic affiliations and pursuits.

Academics Vision Statement

Academics is fundamental to Cambridge Health Alliance. Our scholarly environment sustains clinical excellence, fosters discovery and nurtures the next generation of clinicians and leaders to serve our communities.

CHA’s success in improving the health of our communities and modeling innovations for the nation depends on the robustness of our academics.

CHA’s scholarly environment:

● Attracts and sustains excellent clinicians from the multiple health professions by fostering curiosity, continuous learning and professional growth;

● Fosters discovery of new knowledge about the treatment and prevention of illness, promotion of population health, design of innovative educational models, implementation of new systems of care and deployment of new health policies;

● Promotes efforts to continuously improve health outcomes for our patients and their communities through the most equitable, efficient, effective, safe, timely and patient-centered care;

● Nurtures the education of health professionals to provide skilled compassionate care and innovative leadership for CHA’s communities.

 
 

The ACADEMIC REPORT provides a narrative detailing our efforts to advance academics and demonstrate how these synergize with CHA’s strategic priorities.