Manhattan-based NYU Langone Medical Center announced Tuesday an agreement to affiliate with Brooklyn-based Lutheran Medical Center to establish a clinically integrated provider network across New York City.
The agreement will create a formal health system between both medical centers, pending completed approval in 2015. Using Lutheran's existing primary care network, the two medical centers plan to develop a fully integrated system in Brooklyn and improve access to ambulatory care. Plans for a systemwide IT infrastructure will help support integration and population health initiatives, including maternal and pediatric health, cancer services, cardiac and vascular services and physician development.
The two medical centers are currently partnered to provide patient care at NYU's freestanding emergency department in Long Island. The proposed health system will support a new emergency and ambulatory care facility at this location.
"Today's agreement publicly confirms our confidence that an affiliation will allow both of our institutions to collaborate and share best practices to better meet the healthcare needs of the communities we serve," said Robert Grossman, MD, dean and CEO of NYU Langone.
NYU Langone Medical Center includes four hospitals and the NYU School of Medicine. Lutheran Medical Center, part of the Lutheran HealthCare system, is an academic teaching and tertiary care hospital with a Level I trauma center, a N.Y.S. designated stroke center, STEMI center, and a bariatric center.
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