The US Cooperative for International Patient Programs (USCIPP) is an organizational membership program of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL), a Chicago, Illinois, United States-based nonprofit. USCIPP is composed of US academic medical centers, hospitals, and healthcare systems that operate in the international patient care and global healthcare collaborations market.[1]

Founded in 2010, with support from the International Trade Administration's Market Development Cooperator Program, the consortium now represents nearly 60 US healthcare provider organizations.[2][3] USCIPP's members work together to increase the global competitiveness of US hospitals in several ways:

  • expand international access to US medical expertise
  • conduct research and market analysis on international trade in healthcare services
  • facilitate the inter-organizational sharing of best practices in caring for international patients as well as in executing collaborative healthcare projects outside of the US.

While all of USCIPP's member institutions share a focus on providing care to international patients who travel to the US for treatment, the majority of its members also engage in non-patient international collaborations, such as cross-border education programs, providing management services to organizations in other countries, offering consulting services to hospitals and governments abroad, and/or engaging in international, joint clinical research.[4]

Member Organizations

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References

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  1. ^ a b "About". USCIPP. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  2. ^ "Market Development Cooperator Program - Previous Winners". www.trade.gov. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  3. ^ "US Cooperative for International Patient Programs (USCIPP)". National Center for Healthcare Leadership. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  4. ^ McHugh, Robert M.; Johnson, Tricia J.; Garman, Andrew N.; Hohmann, Samuel F. (2017-08-09). "Global healthcare business development: The case of non-patient collaborations abroad for U.S. hospitals". International Journal of Healthcare Management. 12 (2): 141–147. doi:10.1080/20479700.2017.1359957. ISSN 2047-9700. S2CID 169018132.