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- The Kingston Hospital and Benedictine Hospital Boards of
Trustees are working toward the development of a common corporate
structure that will deliver health care services to you more
effectively and more efficiently. Both Boards of Trustees are
committed to the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding that
assures that Benedictine Hospital will remain a Catholic Hospital
and The Kingston Hospital will remain a full-service community
hospital.
We welcome your questions and comments during this process.
- Please submit your questions
to this site and we will post
answers as they are received.
The Boards of Trustees of Benedictine and The Kingston Hospitals
will continue to hold your public trust very seriously and assure
you that these two organizations, under a new corporate structure,
will continue to be dedicated to providing you and your family high
quality health care services, safe patient care environments and a
full range of medical care services.
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The Kingston Hospital and Benedictine Hospital have announced
approval of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) which represents the
first major step of advancing the goal of creating a corporate
affiliation between the two hospitals. The purpose of the MOA is
to confirm the mutually agreed elements of an alignment between
the two hospitals under a common corporate “parent” and to
establish a mutually acceptable process and timetable for
finalizing the alignment.
The Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century
(known as the Berger Commission) has mandated the two hospitals
create an affiliation and has given the two hospitals until
December 31, 2007 to create a plan under which a new corporation
would be created to oversee the two facilities.
The signing of the MOA represents the first step in a long and
complicated process of joining the two hospitals. Our goal is to
strengthen the quality of care and financial stability of the
two hospitals. We will accomplish those goals by looking to
consolidate where necessary and to expand services where they
are most needed.
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