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February 8, 2015
Atlanta's Emory HealthCare and WellStar Health System Discuss Merger
February 9, 2015—Emory University and WellStar Health System announced that they are engaged in formal discussions to create a new, unified health system to provide healthcare in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia, and beyond. The new health system would be formed by combining Emory Healthcare, an entity owned by Emory University, and WellStar Health System into a new, unified system.
The Executive Committee of the Emory University Board of Trustees and the WellStar Health System Board of Trustees have each approved a resolution to continue discussions for the next 45 days. These discussions will serve as an opportunity to educate constituents, have dialogue, and answer questions in preparation for committing to a multistep design process for the new health system that would take about a year to complete.
As stated in the announcement, the strategic intent is to combine the significant healthcare resources of Emory Healthcare and WellStar Health System in order to create a new, innovative healthcare environment with the best of community-based care and the best of academic medicine.
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