The 308-bed, tertiary care hospital will be renamed St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, A Boston University Teaching Hospital.
For-profit Steward Health Care's flagship St. Elizabeth's Medical Center will become a teaching hospital for Boston University School of Medicine, the stakeholders announced Monday.
The partnership "expands medical education programs at the hospital and gives additional resources to physicians, including teaching opportunities and broader research collaboration," according to a media release.
Michael Callum, MD, president of Steward Medical Group, Executive Vice President for Physician Services, and a BU School of Medicine Graduate called the partnership with Boston University School of Medicine is "the latest example of Steward investing in our local communities."
"St. Elizabeth's programs of excellence rival the quality of other academic medical centers – but at a better value to patients, payors and employers," Callum said.
The 308-bed, tertiary care hospital will be renamed St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, A Boston University Teaching Hospital.
Karen Antman, MD, BU Medical Campus provost and dean of the School of Medicine, said the agreement will expand the numbers of medical students, physician assistants, mental health and genetics counselors who will do clinical rotations at St. Elizabeth's.
"The education of future clinicians requires hands-on patient care experiences, small-group or even one-on-one teaching. Ideally each student is part of the team that cares for a number of patients, with increasing levels of responsibility under close supervision," Antman said. "This new arrangement with St. Elizabeth's will help us achieve that objective."
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center recently opened a 10-bed intensive care unit and a "hybrid operating room" and has committed to investing $100 million in capital improvements for the hospital, which opened in 1868.
Physician-owned Steward, based in Dallas, operates 34 hospitals in nine states, 11 of which are teaching hospitals, and in Colombia, and Malta.
“St. Elizabeth's programs of excellence rival the quality of other academic medical centers – but at a better value to patients, payors and employers.”
Michael Callum, MD, president, Steward Medical Group.
John Commins is a content specialist and online news editor for HealthLeaders, a Simplify Compliance brand.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The partnership "expands medical education programs at the hospital and gives additional resources to physicians, including teaching opportunities and broader research collaboration."
The agreement will expand the numbers of medical students, physician assistants, mental health and genetics counselors who will do clinical rotations at St. Elizabeth's
St. Elizabeth's recently opened a 10-bed ICU and a "hybrid operating room" and has committed to investing $100 million in capital improvements for the hospital, which opened in 1868.