Lifespan Care New England Delirering heah ah care Better together, for a healthier Rhode Island The unprecedented healthcare challenges of the pandemic led to extraordinary collaboration between Lifespan and Care New England, highlighting how a new Rhode Island-based, nonprofit, academic health system in partnership with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University can best serve the people of our state. The creation of a new health system will transform the way healthcare is delivered in Rhode Island. Together, we will: Provide cutting-edge, high quality coordinated healthcare-managed through a single electronic health record to minimize the duplication of services and costs, while increasing access and improving patient care. Combine research capabilities and resources to foster discoveries that give Rhode Islanders access to innovative and effective treatments sooner. Reduce health disparities by addressing the social determinants of health and many of the underlying chronic health conditions of Rhode Islanders, including diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity, asthma, mental illness, and addiction. Better control healthcare costs for the state, employers and Rhode Islanders by limiting total annual healthcare spending increases to 3.2%. Enable Rhode Island to continue to attract and keep the best doctors and esearchers, supporting jobs and powering our economy. Over many years, experts have determined that a unified system is best for all, including patients, physicians, researchers, employers, our local economy, and our state. Now is the time to create that unified system. The people of Rhode Island deserve it. To learn more about how this new academic health system will benefit the people of Rhode Island and to hear from our doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals go to healthierri.com. Lifespan Care New England Delirering heah ah care Better together, for a healthier Rhode Island The unprecedented healthcare challenges of the pandemic led to extraordinary collaboration between Lifespan and Care New England, highlighting how a new Rhode Island-based, nonprofit, academic health system in partnership with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University can best serve the people of our state. The creation of a new health system will transform the way healthcare is delivered in Rhode Island. Together, we will: Provide cutting-edge, high quality coordinated healthcare-managed through a single electronic health record to minimize the duplication of services and costs, while increasing access and improving patient care. Combine research capabilities and resources to foster discoveries that give Rhode Islanders access to innovative and effective treatments sooner. Reduce health disparities by addressing the social determinants of health and many of the underlying chronic health conditions of Rhode Islanders, including diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity, asthma, mental illness, and addiction. Better control healthcare costs for the state, employers and Rhode Islanders by limiting total annual healthcare spending increases to 3.2%. Enable Rhode Island to continue to attract and keep the best doctors and esearchers, supporting jobs and powering our economy. Over many years, experts have determined that a unified system is best for all, including patients, physicians, researchers, employers, our local economy, and our state. Now is the time to create that unified system. The people of Rhode Island deserve it. To learn more about how this new academic health system will benefit the people of Rhode Island and to hear from our doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals go to healthierri.com.