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Holy Rosary Medical Center to take part in regional shift

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 11:06 AM PDT

Ontario — Catholic Health Initiatives and Trinity Health announced today they have signed a letter of intent to combine their four Eastern Oregon, Western Idaho hospitals into a single local system, according to a press release. The agreement calls for transferring the three CHI facilities to Trinity Health, thus creating a new regional health care system to be operated by Trinity Health.

Three of the hospitals — Mercy Medical Center, Nampa; Holy Rosary Medical Center, Ontario; and St. Elizabeth Health Services, Baker City — are part of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) of Denver. The fourth hospital is Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (SARMC) of Boise, a part of Trinity Health of Novi, Mich.

“Combining the strengths of our three hospitals with Saint Alphonsus appears to be the best strategy for the future of our health care ministry,” said Kevin Lofton, president/chief executive officer, Catholic Health Initiatives. “Beyond our common values and religious heritage, all four hospitals are dedicated to improving the health of the communities they serve.”

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hrmc_rn wrote on Sep 3, 2009 6:33 PM:

" Let me say. Anything is better than who we have now :) "

patient wrote on Sep 2, 2009 4:43 PM:

" Sure wish the hospital would have joined St. Lukes instead of St. Als. An article in the Statesman a couple weeks ago suggested that Holy Rosary was joining St. Lukes--guess it was wrong. "

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