The affiliation is intended to improve access to highly sophisticated sub-specialty healthcare services to patients in the Rockford area. Under the agreement, the two organizations will jointly work on regional strategies such as expanding cancer services in Rockford, enhancing the delivery of care, advancing medical research, growing regional telemedicine infrastructure and achieving seamless patient transfers and referrals between the two health systems, according to the release.
UW Health includes the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, the American Family Children’s Hospital, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, which is the largest physician group practice in Wisconsin.
SwedishAmerican Health System includes 333-bed SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford; SwedishAmerican Medical Center in Belvidere, Ill.; SwedishAmerican Medical Group, a multi-specialty group with clinics in four counties across northern Illinois; SwedishAmerican Foundation; SwedishAmerican Home Health Care; and other health are and health management subsidiaries including TriRivers Health Partners.
Read the release on the SwedishAmerican UW Health affiliation.
