While the newly merged healthcare corporation on the lakeshore still has to establish a corporate vision, near-term goals are to reduce duplication of services, open a new cancer center, and blend two hospitals with a history of competition.
According to excerpts from the story:
Now that the long-anticipated wedding of Mercy General Health Partners and Hackley Hospital has been consummated, Muskegon will see how the marriage fares.
The city’s two hospitals became one on April 2 under the moniker Mercy Health Partners, ending more than 100 years of sometimes bitter health care competition in the manufacturing center on the Lake Michigan shore.
MHP President & CEO Roger Spoelman said the challenge is daunting, but he is confident that melding the organizations is the right move for the community, and he challenged government, schools and businesses to consider consolidation as well.
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