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Lancaster General Health, University of Pennsylvania Health System to form alliance
admin//February 11, 2014//
Lancaster General Health, University of Pennsylvania Health System to form alliance
admin//February 11, 2014//
Listen to this articleRalph W. Muller, CEO of UPHS, and Thomas E. Beeman, president and CEO of LGH, spoke about the alliance during a news conference at 9:30 a.m. in LGH’s boardroom.
Scroll down to see tweets from staff reporter Heather Stauffer on the announcement. Check back throughout the day for updates.
Big breaking news today: @LGHealth to form strategic alliance with Philadelphia-based @PennMedicine.
— Heather Stauffer (@StaufferCPBJ) February 11, 2014
.@PennMedicine CEO Ralph Muller: “The fact the Lancaster has done so well and Penn has so well makes us very confident.”
— Heather Stauffer (@StaufferCPBJ) February 11, 2014
.@LGHealth pres. and CEO Thomas Beeman: I think LGHealth, our community and @PennMedicine will all benefit.
— Heather Stauffer (@StaufferCPBJ) February 11, 2014
Beeman was an administrator at Penn in the late ’90s, so the people involved know each other.
— Heather Stauffer (@StaufferCPBJ) February 11, 2014
This is the first relationship of this kind for @PennMedicine.
— Heather Stauffer (@StaufferCPBJ) February 11, 2014
Both nonprofit organizations use the same electronic health record platform.
— Heather Stauffer (@StaufferCPBJ) February 11, 2014
@PennMedicine is a $4.3 billion enterprise with numerous hospitals.
— Heather Stauffer (@StaufferCPBJ) February 11, 2014
