Catholic hospital system Providence Health & Services announced a plan Monday to affiliate with Pacific Medical Center, a Seattle-based secular health system known as PacMed.
Officials at Providence say they have much to learn from PacMed, which has built a reputation for streamlined, lower-cost care with high customer-approval ratings.
PacMed gets a partnership with a large hospital system out of the deal, securing the organization’s financial security in a marketplace that is moving toward…
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