University of Louisville’s Dream Partner?
A notice in yesterday’s Courier-Journal announced that the Baptist Healthcare System was changing its name to Baptist Health as it acquires the Pattie A. Clay Hospital in Richmond KY. The shorter name is a little punchier and more touchy-feely: this in keeping with the hospital system’s warm and fuzzy marketing themes. Why not?
What I had been overlooking this past year was Baptist’s expansion of influence throughout the state. If all goes as seems planned, Baptist will finalize a full acquisition in October of the Madisonville Regional Medical Center and Trover Clinic, all soon to become Trover Health. This is a prestigious high-quality acquisition for Baptist Health and I congratulate them. Baptist now has mainline hospitals in cities across the entire state including Paducah, Madisonville, Elizabethtown, Louisville, La Grange, Lexington, and Richmond. In fact, I am unaware of any other hospital system in Kentucky so well represented statewide. Continue reading “Baptist Healthcare Spreads its Wings Statewide.”