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Today I am pleased to announce with intent to meet the needs
of the people of Kentucky and beyond every board
has unanimously approved this partnership and we are moving forward
(applause.)
By coming together we will bring our collective expertise and quality to
patients and their families even in the most rural areas
already serving more than a half million of the state’s citizens
our map illustrates our current reach we plan to expand access even further
through embracing the latest technology, establishing new
partnerships and enhancing existing services individually each organization
already provides extraordinary patient care but together we are providing an
unmatched geographic reach from Louisville
to Paducha to Lexington and to Martin
We will with our new partners focus on retention and recruitment in areas of
need especially in primary care and targeted subspecialties in rural areas
and we will expand and coordinate continuing medical education
across the state the new organization will pride itself on an unparallel
transparency and accountability I’m proud to be here today with my friends
and colleagues from Louisville, Lexington, and across the state and we
are hopeful that together we can improve Kentucky’s national ranking of
health status thereby improving the quality of life and
happiness of our citizens across the commonwealth
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the sister’s example it’s the need
to forge ahead, take risks, and change with the times, and that why we’re
here today with our partners we will work to transform and improve
how healthcare is delivered in the commonwealth now what does that
mean for patient care specifically it will be about greater access to care
especially in medically underserved areas new models of care and treatment
modalities built on evidence based practices superior quality that is a
standard across the system education and research that adds value to patient
outcomes and ultimately healthier people and
communities in Kentucky and beyond
This is a day to celebrate our histories as well look forward to our future
we will be one organization one of the primary reasons that the
Jewish Hospital was built in its current site in Louisville in the 1950s was to be
close to the University this vision has driven our organization for
decades because of the investment, medical training and research
have benefited today we are at a new beginning the Jewish Hospital
healthcare services organization is incredibly excited about the future of
our organization as part of a statewide network that you’ve already heard
about we are committed to being an active engaged
partner in shaping the future of this great state
As I reflect on the word partnership I think of the shared commitment
and passion that our respected health members and physicians bring to our
individual organizations and how together I am confident that we’re going
to build a world-class organization that not only changes lives for the people in
the commonwealth but around our country
the partnership that we’re talking about this morning will effectively double
the size of Louisville’s academic medical center as we bring together
Jewish Hospital, Frazier Rehab Institute, University Hospital and
the Brown Cancer Center for patients and families in Kentucky and beyond
the new academic medical center will mean increased access to the latest
developments in diagnostics, therapeutic and preventive healthcare
developed by some of the nation’s leading physicians and scientist at the
University of Louisville bottom-line this partnership is about improving
the overall health of the communities that we serve all of those communities
Our announcement today is reaffirmation of our commitment at
the University of Louisville to the goals and mandate of the post-secondary
education improvement act of 1997 this merger will be an embodiment of
that legislation we’re excited to partner with St. Joseph’s
and Catholic Health Initiatives
This is an organization that is committed to quality healthcare for the people
of our state this partnership between our organizations will allow us at
the University of Louisville to continue to build on the great teaching
programs and education programs on our health science campus what
we’re talking about today in terms of this merger will allow us to continue to build
our world-class research programs with a focus on translational research
research that truly makes a difference in the lives of people
We are going to expand from now eleven robots in hospitals around
the state of Kentucky central and western Kentucky to a greater number
because St. Joseph’s healthcare system has robots as well and we are not just
expanding in the technology of course you see this technology is pretty high
end but we are not just expanding in this technology but also in other
technology and in the numbers of doctors available so now with our
expanded network we’ll have 3,000 physicians who can continue evidence
based care, research and education for the state of Kentucky
(applause.)