Emerald-Hodgson Hospital (EHH) in Sewanee is joining with Southern Tennessee Medical Center (STMC) in Winchester, Hillside Hospital in Pulaski and Crockett Hospital in Lawrenceburg to form Southern Tennessee Regional Health System.
The four hospitals, all affiliated with LifePoint Hospitals of Brentwood, will work together to share best clinical practices for quality care, achieve operational efficiencies, create organizational scale to enable the addition and expansion of important services, and expand access to primary care services in the southern middle Tennessee region.
The combined system has 382 licensed beds, more than 300 affiliated physicians, 1,250 employees and serves more than 160,000 people in rural communities in the region.
Phil Young, chief executive officer of STMC and EHH, will continue to oversee the operations of these facilities and serve as president of the new regional health system.
This organizational move is designed to address unprecedented changes in the healthcare industry.
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