Partnerships between Aboriginal Organizations and Academics

Successful Game Development Partnerships between Academics and Physicians: Two Case Studies

Conservation partnerships between Zoos and Aquariums, federal and state agencies, and nongovernmental organizations.

Partnerships are essential for the success of conservation organizations as they strive to achieve the ultimate goal of restoring and preserving biodiversity. Now is a particularly crucial time to develop partnerships owing to increasing financial constraints on all organizations and the urgent need for species recovery and habitat preservation. This study identified characteristics of successf...

Next generation partnerships in translational science and medicine: Partnerships between academics, big pharma, biotech firms, philanthropists and patients look set to change the way science advances.

D uring graduation season, it is not uncommon for senior scientists to dispense wisdom from stages, lecterns, bus stops or bar stools. Nearly 50 years ago, in a memorable line from the 1967 movie, The Graduate, a single word of career advice is bestowed upon the film’s protagonist: plastics. For the biomedical graduate in 2015, another “p” word might be more appropriate: partnerships. Partnersh...

Accountable care organizations: the case for flexible partnerships between health plans and providers.

Under the Affordable Care Act, the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will guide a number of experimental programs in health care payment and delivery. Among the most ambitious of the reform models is the accountable care organization (ACO), which will offer providers economic rewards if they can reduce Medicare's cost growth in their communities. However, the dismal history of pro...

Successful partnerships are the key to improving Aboriginal health.

Partnership is a process that must be recognised as a fundamental part of any strategy for improving health outcomes for Aboriginal people. Addressing the inequities in health outcomes between Aboriginal people and other Australians will require a sustained, coordinated and well-informed approach that works to a set of goals and targets developed with input from the Aboriginal community. Partne...