The new entity is informally called University of Arizona Medicine. A formal name will be announced in the next 30 days, UMC CEO Kevin Burns said in a memo to employees, according to the Arizona Daily Star.
The new enterprise will have 6,500 to 7,000 employees. When current expansions are completed in a few years, the two hospitals will have about 850 beds between them.
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