June 14th,2011
After months of planning and negotiations since I last wrote about the subject,I am happy to announce that the partnership between Jewish Hospital &St. Mary’s Healthcare,the University of Louisville Hospital/James Graham Brown Cancer Center,and Saint Joseph Health System has come to fruition as each of the respective Boards and parent organizations have reached an agreement to merge (press release copied below). While regulatory approvals are still pending,this partnership will make great strides in the coming years to create a healthier Kentucky through the expansion of access,teaching,technology and research across the Commonwealth! With all of . . . →Read More:It’s Official –Statewide Partnership Announced Today! May 8th,2011
For the past three years,I have come to look forward to and enjoy an event that for one day puts our city on the collective consciousness of our entire nation and then some –the Kentucky Derby. Beyond the history,pageantry,sport,and of course the hats,are the people. The Derby brings everyone together (this year all 164,000 of us) and turns a two-minute horse race into a two-week long celebration of something that is uniquely Kentucky. Each year I have met many interesting people at the Derby and some who have since become my friends from . . . →Read More:Remembering Derby 137 April 12th,2011
For roughly the past nine months,I have had the privilege of participating in a program called “Leadership Louisville.”Through this program,me and my fifty classmates have had the chance to get an in-depth behind the scenes look at what makes Louisville the great city it is and to think about what it will take to take the city to even greater heights. The programs each month have stimulated our minds and challenged our ways of thinking as we explored topics that our city faces from education,to crime,to government,to the arts,to industry,and the general . . . →Read More:Spending a day in someone else’s shoes…with Leadership Louisville November 11th,2010
Several months ago,I shared a post relating to partnership discussions we have been holding with Catholic Health Initiatives (Saint Joseph Health System) and University Medical Center. I am happy to announce today that our conversations have advanced to a letter of intent between these three organizations to merge into a singe statewide health network (press release copied below). While there is still much work to be done before a definitive agreement to merge can be reached,this is a major step forward for our system and for the Commonwealth. As a product of the proposed merger,the resulting statewide . . . →Read More:Creating a Statewide Health Network in Kentucky | | |
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