Evergreen Healthcare and Virginia Mason Announce Strategic Partnership

 

Evergreen Healthcare and Virginia Mason Medical Center's boards announced today their intent to form a stragegic partnership. 

SEATTLE - KIRKLAND (Nov. 2, 2011) — Evergreen Healthcare and Virginia Mason Medical Center's boards announced today their intent to form a strategic partnership.

A letter of agreement is expected to be signed in mid-November. Through this partnership, Virginia Mason and Evergreen will collaborate to provide patients with the highest quality, cost-effective health care.

As partners, the two integrated health systems will remain independent while collaborating on wide-ranging initiatives from the shared use of medical services to the development of new treatments and technologies.

"In Evergreen, we've found a partner whose values and commitment to quality, innovation and superior outcomes at the lowest possible cost mirror our own," said Gary S. Kaplan, MD, chairman and CEO of Virginia Mason.

"This partnership is a platform from which both organizations will grow in ways that make clinical and economic sense for our patients, our communities, and each of the partners without costly duplication of services," said Kaplan.   Read More >>

Source:  Virginia Mason Website

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