Scienta Health signs agreement with Partners HealthCare to provide advanced acute care to its clients

Scienta clients gain access to leading specialists and centers of excellence for acute care in Harvard Medical School's affiliated teaching hospitals

Scienta Health today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Boston-based Partners HealthCare, the leading academic medical network in the U.S. Partners HealthCare includes major teaching hospitals affiliated with Harvard Medical School: the Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, McLean Hospital, a treatment and research leader in mental illness, chemical dependency and learning disabilities; and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, a top-ranked rehabilitation facility.

"It's indeed an honor to be the first healthcare delivery company in Canada to be selected by Partners," said Peter Cooper, Scienta Health Co-Founder and CEO. "We gain access to the immense resources of one of the world's great medical complexes. This relationship will enable us to provide our clients in need of highly specialized and advanced acute care with unique access to leading specialists and science. We will also explore collaboration opportunities in researching personalized healthcare delivery."

"The Partners hospitals serve patients with acute medical needs from around the globe who require complex, specialized diagnosis and treatment for cancer, cardiovascular disease, mental health issues and many other serious conditions. We are pleased to now have an affiliation with Scienta which will facilitate timely access for Canadians seeking leading specialists and state-of-the-art technology in Boston. Our relationship with Scienta is supported by Family Health Advocates, who facilitate all patient services for Canadians interested in treatment at our hospitals. We are impressed by the advanced model of personalized preventive healthcare offered by Scienta Health and look forward to growing this relationship," said Jay Pieper, Vice President of Partners HealthCare.