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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowClarian Health Partners and Bloomington Hospital entered into an agreement this morning to begin planning for a potential affiliation between the two health care providers.
The 18-month planning process will include input from a 25-member community task force and be spearheaded by Kaufman Hall and Associates, a Skokie, Ill.-based health care consultancy hired by Bloomington Hospital.
If an affiliation comes to fruition, Bloomington Hospital would retain its identity and likely be called Bloomington Hospital – a Clarian Health Partner, according to the Bloomington Herald-Times.
Clarian operates or is affiliated with 21 hospitals and health centers in Indiana. In Indianapolis, they include Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Hospital, Riley Hospital for Children, and Clarian West and North medical centers.
The financial resources of Clarian could help Bloomington Hospital address its long-term needs, such as a renovation of its current facility on West Second Street or construction of a new hospital on an 85-acre parcel the hospital owns near the junction of State Roads 46 and 37, the Herald-Times said.
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