North Bergen, N.J.-based Palisades Medical Center has signed a definitive agreement to join Hackensack (N.J.) University Health Network.
The definitive agreement, which still requires regulatory approval, was signed April 2. As a member of Hackensack University Health Network, Palisades Medical Center will be known as HackensackUMC Palisades.
"We are proud to sign this definitive agreement with Palisades Medical Center," Robert C. Garrett, president and CEO of Hackensack University Health Network, said in a statement. "We have been fortunate to partner with Palisades since 2012 through a successful clinical affiliation. Working together, we have enhanced and expanded the award-winning programs provided at Palisades, and will continue to do so."
Palisades Medical Center comprises 449 hospital and long-term care beds through its hospital and nursing home. It most recently opened a new, 57,000-square-foot outpatient facility that offers additional services of HackensackUMC's John Theurer Cancer Center at Palisades Medical Center.
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