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! 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 May 3rd,2010
Tomorrow we are hosting a lecture in honor on the 100th Anniversary of the Flexner Report. For those of you who didn’t know the significance behind our address,I thought I would share this summary and information with you as we celebrate the man behind this “game changing”report and his impact on medical education as we know it today. One hundred years ago,Louisville educator Abraham Flexner revolutionized the medical profession with his exhaustive report entitled “Medical Education in the United States and Canada.” The report,published in 1910,served as a catalyst for the standardization of medical . . . →Read More:The Flexner Report Centennial Symposium | | |
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