Lahey agreement sets stage for health systems learning

UMass Chan Medical School and Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, are launching a new regional campus of the Medical School. Approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education in March, the new UMass ChanLahey campus will be based at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington and will feature the new LEAD@Lahey medical education track, focused on leadership, health systems science and interprofessional education. The first UMass Chan-Lahey students will matriculate in the summer of 2024. Each year UMass Chan will enroll approximately 25 students at the regional campus. These medical students will follow the core curriculum of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine at UMass Chan in Worcester, with their clinical experiences taking place at Lahey. UMass Chan and Lahey will also form a new research collaboration, creating a new institute for health care delivery and implementation science and a quantitative science research hub, which will advance innovation in digital medicine, population health and health care delivery.