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<strong>FOR</strong> <strong>IMMEDIATE</strong> <strong>RELEASE</strong><br />
<strong>For</strong> <strong>more</strong> <strong>information</strong>, <strong>please</strong> <strong>contact</strong>:<br />
Danielle Dyer<br />
Vice President, Strategy and Marketing<br />
Elkhart General Hospital and Healthcare System<br />
574-524-7493<br />
ddyer@egh.org<br />
Diane Stover<br />
Vice President, Marketing and Innovation Strategy<br />
Memorial Hospital and Health System<br />
574-647-3585<br />
dstover@memorialsb.org<br />
Elkhart General Healthcare System and Memorial Hospital and Health System Sign<br />
Memorandum of Understanding<br />
Elkhart/South Bend, Ind. – Today Elkhart General Healthcare System and Memorial Hospital<br />
and Health System signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form an affiliation. The<br />
MOU provides the framework for developing a new regional healthcare system and begins<br />
the formal process of creating a new parent company that will eventually operate both<br />
organizations.<br />
The affiliation will include an equal number of Board members from each organization to<br />
form a new system entity. Each hospital will retain its separate Board and report to the new<br />
system entity in a structure of true partnership. <strong>For</strong> the first two years, a member of the<br />
Elkhart General Board of Directors will serve as Chairman of the new system.<br />
The locally-based healthcare system will further enhance access to high-quality care in<br />
Northern Indiana by aligning clinical services, building <strong>more</strong> comprehensive clinical programs<br />
and maintaining two primary hospital campuses: one in Elkhart and one in South Bend. The<br />
community Board leaders of these two not-for-profit health systems charged the CEOs to look<br />
at the implications of healthcare reform and develop a solid plan for the future.<br />
Elkhart General Healthcare System Board Chairman Don Krabill stated, “Together, Elkhart<br />
General and Memorial share a successful history of partnering on clinical and administrative<br />
projects that have benefited both organizations and their respective communities. This will<br />
be a true marriage of equals, and today is the official announcement of our engagement.”<br />
Memorial Health System Board Chairman John Hiler added, “The next step is to develop the<br />
final binding agreement. Both organizations share a common vision to create an integrated<br />
healthcare system that delivers the highest quality care and the absolute best patient<br />
experience.
Through local governance, we will also be <strong>more</strong> responsive to the needs of our local<br />
communities.”<br />
Leading this new healthcare system as CEO will be Phil Newbold. Currently, Newbold is<br />
President and CEO of Memorial Health System and has served in this capacity for 23 years.<br />
Elkhart General President Greg Lintjer will continue as President of Elkhart General through<br />
the completion of the final binding agreement. He will then serve as an advisor for an<br />
indeterminate amount of time to the Board of Directors of the new system, working closely<br />
with leadership to ensure the success of the affiliation.<br />
According to Newbold, the affiliation will encourage <strong>more</strong> physicians to engage with the new<br />
system entity and become involved in planning for the future of healthcare delivery in<br />
Michiana.<br />
“Together, Elkhart General and Memorial will have <strong>more</strong> than 700 highly-skilled, well-trained<br />
physicians on staff. This shared medical expertise will enable us to attract even <strong>more</strong><br />
specialized professionals to the area and produce the region’s highest quality of care,”<br />
Newbold said. “The new system will soon be at the center of healthcare between Chicago<br />
and Toledo.”<br />
About Elkhart General Healthcare System<br />
The Elkhart General Healthcare System is an independent, not-for-profit, community-owned<br />
health system located in Elkhart, Ind. The full-service, 325-bed main Hospital is comprised of<br />
330 physicians representing <strong>more</strong> than 30 medical specialties, and over 2,000 employees<br />
who serve in nursing, technical, administrative and support capacities. To learn <strong>more</strong> about<br />
Elkhart General, <strong>please</strong> visit www.egh.org.<br />
About Memorial Hospital and Health System<br />
Memorial Health System, Inc., established in 1894, serves as the parent company of the 526<br />
bed- Memorial Hospital of South Bend, as well as the Memorial Health Foundation, Memorial<br />
Home Care, Memorial Health & Lifestyle Center, HealthWorks! Kid's Museum, Memorial<br />
Children's Hospital, MedPoints Memorial MedFlight and Memorial Medical Group. These<br />
organizations provide a variety of healthcare services to the community, ranging from<br />
inpatient care to home care, medical supplies, pharmacy services and occupational health<br />
services, as well as primary care physicians and specialists. Memorial Health System<br />
employs <strong>more</strong> than 3,700 Team Members and over 500 physicians on the medical staff.<br />
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