THCI and APUA Form Partnership to Educate Practitioners and Consumers on Intelligent Use of Pharmaceuticals.

Tufts Health Care Institute (THCI) and the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) are pleased to announce their partnership to educate practitioners and consumers about antibiotic resistance.  This initiative is a follow-up project to the summit meeting, Collaboration in a Competitive Health Care Environment, July 26, 2001, organized by Tufts Health Care Institute (THCI) and supported by a grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

Tufts Health Care Institute (www.thci.org) is a leading, not-for-profit, independent source of educational programs on improving and managing health care.  Founded in 1995, THCI’s mission is to enable physicians and other health care professionals, at all stages of their training and development, to practice comfortably and effectively in a high quality, cost-effective health care system.  Founded in 1981 as a nonprofit organization, The Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (www.apua.org) is the only organization in the world solely dedicated to strengthening society's defenses against infectious diseases through research and education on antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance.

  • The partnership has created two fact sheets on the public health crisis of antibiotic resistance, one for patients/consumers and one for health care practitioners.  The sheets will provide information to practitioners and patients for the purpose of improving antibiotic prescribing practices by clinicians and improved antibiotic use by patients/consumers.

  • In addition, APUA is granting complimentary two-year memberships to the 21 participating organizations in THCI’s summit on Collaboration in a Competitive Health Care Environment.   These special memberships entitle each organization to receive a copy of APUA’s quarterly newsletter and to reproduce scientific studies and articles from APUA’s newsletter utilizing their own communication outlets.

  • We encourage you to visit our links to other resources for pediatricians and adult practitioners, and for patients/consumers.


Organizations Participating in the Summit Meeting, Collaboration in a Competitive Health Care Environment, July 26, 2001:
  • American Cancer Society - www.cancer.org
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts - www.bcbsma.com
  • Boston Medical Center - www.bmc.org
  • CareGroup PSN - www.psnonline.org
  • Caritas Christi Health Care System - www.caritaschristi.org
  • Center for Studying Health System Change1 - www.hschange.com
  • GlaxoSmithKline2 - www.gsk.com
  • Group Insurance Commission - www.mass.gov/gic
  • Harvard Medical School - www.hms.harvard.edu
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - www.harvardpilgrim.org
  • Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University - www.heller.brandeis.edu
  • Kellogg School of Management1 - www.kellogg.northwestern.edu
  • Massachusetts Association of Health Plans - www.mahp.com
  • Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance - www.state.ma.us/dma
  • Massachusetts Hospital Association - www.mhalink.org
  • Massachusetts Medical Society - www.massmed.org
  • Partners Community HealthCare System, Inc. - www.partners.org/memberorganizations
  • Tufts Health Care Institute1 - www.thci.org
  • Tufts Health Plan - www.tuftshealthplan.com
  • Tufts University School of Medicine - www.tufts.edu/med/
  • US Department of Health and Human Services for Region 1, New England - www.hhs.gov/region1

1Summit Meeting Organizer and Presenter
2Summit Meeting Sponsor

Links to other Resources
Sources for THCI/APUA Fact Sheet