Apollo Hospitals Group and Hackensack Meridian Health to advance healthcare innovation

Apollo Hospitals Group, the world’s largest integrated healthcare provider, and Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network, have announced a strategic affiliation agreement to explore and implement innovative healthcare solutions.

This collaboration brings together two prominent healthcare organisations with a shared vision of addressing global healthcare challenges and opportunities. The affiliation will leverage the strengths and resources of both Apollo and HMH to develop and implement joint initiatives focused on enhancing patient care, improving affordability, and promoting community health.

The affiliation will initially focus on several key initiatives, including:

• Addressing Workforce Shortages: By 2030, an estimated one million nurses in the US will retire. This partnership offers a unique opportunity to address these challenges through international recruitment and training programs.
• Education, Training, and Development: Exploring opportunities for Apollo to provide education and training programs, particularly in nursing and other clinical areas, and supporting international recruitment efforts.
• Oncology Collaboration: Apollo and HMH oncologists will collaborate in areas such as second opinions, tumour boards, genomic sequencing, CAR-T therapy, and bone marrow transplantation (BMT).
• Clinical Support: Exploring opportunities for Apollo to support HMH in various clinical areas, including centers of excellence, specialized services, and clinical research.
• Community Engagement: Developing initiatives to engage the South Asian community in New Jersey, which has the second-largest Indian population in the US Middlesex County, in particular, has the highest concentration of Indian Americans in the nation.
• Knowledge Processes: Evaluating opportunities to leverage mutual benefits through shared knowledge processes such as revenue cycle management, human resources, and supply chain processes.

A Partnership Committee comprised of senior executives from both organisations will oversee the implementation of the affiliation and individual initiatives.