About Abbott: Abbott is a global, broad-based health care company devoted to discovering new medicines, new technologies and new ways to manage health. Abbott's products span the continuum of care, from nutritional products and laboratory diagnostics through medical devices and pharmaceutical therapies. The company's comprehensive line of products encircles life itself - addressing important health needs from infancy to the golden years. Abbott has sales, manufacturing, research and development, and distribution facilities around the world and is recognized for its global reach and its ability to serve customers around the world. Throughout its 120+ year history, Abbott people have been driven by a constant goal: to advance medical science to help people live healthier lives. It's part of the company's heritage. And, it continues to drive Abbott's work. Today, approximately 90,000 employees around the world share the passion for "Turning Science Into Caring". It's a commitment to focusing on what matters most: life and the potential it holds when people are feeling their best.
"To drive major improvements, performance-based payments must exceed 10% of total provider income. Incentives of this magnitude can only be mobilized if they originate in payer savings.”
Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH,
Mercer Health
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Other IHA partnerships:
University of California Berkeley Center for Health Technology (BCHT) BCHT conducts research into existing and improved criteria for coverage, consumer cost-sharing, and other dimensions of management for biomedical innovations, and provides academic programs for UC Berkeley graduate students and professional development for health care organizations.
Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) , a national coalition of regionally-based, multi-stakeholder health improvement collaboratives that are working to improve the quality and value of health care delivery.
California Center for Public Health Advocacy, a nonpartisan nonprofit organizations that raises awareness about critical public health issues and mobilizes communities to promote the establishment of effective state and local health policies.
