“The joint venture will create a framework within which Wayne HealthCare can develop an affiliate relationship with Premier Health while still maintaining independent, local control,” according to a press release.
“This broader relationship with Premier Health allows us to provide the citizens of Greenville and Darke County with more health care services close to home,” said Wayne Deschambeau, president and CEO of Wayne HealthCare. “We have been pleased to work alongside Premier Health in the past, and look forward to taking that collaboration to the next level.”
The building project would be the cornerstone of a seven-year agreement, which is the latest in a series of joint ventures between Wayne and the Premier hospital network — including Premier’s affiliation with the Wayne Cancer Center, and a program in which Premier provides on-call physicians to diagnose and treat stroke patients using telecommunications technologies.
“We’re excited and humbled by Wayne HealthCare’s vote of confidence in this affiliation,” said Mary Boosalis, president and CEO of Premier Health. “We very much respect Wayne HealthCare’s tradition.”
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