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Illinois health provider is the newest member of Mayo Clinic Care Network

The Mayo Clinic announced Wednesday that another health system is joining the ranks of the […]

The Mayo Clinic announced Wednesday that another health system is joining the ranks of the ever-expanding Mayo Clinic Care Network, which aim to link patients and doctors in other communities to expertise at Mayo.

The most recent entrant is Chicago’s NorthShore University HealthSystem. The agreement cements a relationship that Mayo has had with North Shore for years, a Mayo news release said. In July, Mayo added Dartmouth-Hitchcock, a nonprofit health system in New Hampshire to its network.

“When faced with a complex and difficult diagnosis, every patient wants and deserves a second opinion,” says Joseph Golbus, M.D., president of the NorthShore Medical Group, in a news release. “Patients travel from all over the world to consult with Mayo Clinic physicians. Thanks to this new collaboration, our patients will have seamless access to a network of experts from both institutions, without having to travel from home.”

The partnership will also allow NorthShore physicians to help patients to set up a visit at Mayo when they deem it necessary while providing follow-up care nearer the patients’ homes.

With this agreement, the Mayo Clinic Care Network now extends to Illinois, in addition to Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire and North Dakota. In all nine health providers are part of the care network, excluding Coborn Cancer Center, which is part of Mayo’s Cancer Care Network.

 

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