Marin General Hospital & UCSF Health Form Strategic Alliance September 14, 2018 Marin, UCSF Alliance, Marin County, Marin General Hospital, UCSF 0 Marin General Hospital (MGH) and UCSF Health have formed a strategic alliance to expand clinical collaborations in Marin County, with the goal of improving patient care and strengthening physician practices for the local community. The strategic alliance will enhance both institutions’ long-term commitment to providing premier care in a healing environment, while maintaining each organization’s independence. As public, non-profit entities, MGH and UCSF Health share a core value and mission of offering high-quality care for the entire Marin community. According to Lee Domanico, Chief Executive Officer of Marin General Hospital, while mergers and acquisitions are a growing trend in healthcare, Marin General Hospital has been able to keep high-quality care local by forging strategic partnerships with physicians and other community healthcare providers. “This strategic alliance with UCSF will allow us not only to remain independent, but also to be able to provide the North Bay community with rich access to a wide range of high-quality, specialized medical services right here in Marin County,” said Domanico. “With UCSF and our community partners, we will engage in multi-year planning to further enrich those services with new programs and technologies.” The agreement is the highest level of integration to date between the two institutions and will provide a number of opportunities for collaborative projects well into the future, including new and expanded care sites with MGH and UCSF providers and specialists throughout Marin County. UCSF also will have the right to nominate two directors to the MGH board. “We have a long history of collaboration for specialty care with Marin General Hospital and I am so pleased we are now able to expand on that history of serving residents in Marin and throughout the North Bay,” said Mark Laret, President and CEO of UCSF Health. “This will make a tremendous difference for patients who need the specialty care of UCSF, but also want the convenience of seeing our specialists close to home.” This alliance builds upon decades of collaboration between the two hospitals. Over the past seven years alone, MGH and UCSF Health have entered into four key relationships that have greatly benefitted our patients: 1. Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals physicians provide support at the MGH NICU. 2. Neurosurgery UCSF’s Department of Neurosurgery provides trauma, inpatient and outpatient services at MGH. 3. Pediatric Care MGH’s Braden Diabetes Center offers physician services for pediatric diabetes through the UCSF Madison Clinic. UCSF pediatric surgeons and anesthesiologists perform procedures at MGH so pediatric patients and their families can stay close to home. 4. Cardiac Surgery UCSF’s Department of Cardiac Surgery provides MGH call coverage and elective services. In addition, MGH and UCSF Health are both part of Canopy Health, a growing accountable care network that partners with insurance companies to bring greater and more affordable access to the Bay Area’s highest-quality physicians, hospitals and other providers, while enabling patients to receive in-network care close to home. Comments are closed.
