Baylor Scott & White Health merger complete
On September 30, the governing boards of Baylor Health Care System and Scott & White
Healthcare finalized the merger of the two health systems to form the largest not-for-profit
health system in the state of Texas.
The newly named Baylor Scott & White Health has a
White Health. Robert Pryor, M.D., former president
large footprint in northern and central Texas. Together,
and chief executive officer of Scott & White Healthcare,
the new system has 43 hospitals, more than 500 patient
is now president, chief operating officer and chief med-
care sites, 6,000-plus affiliated physicians and 34,000
ical officer of Baylor Scott & White Health.
employees. The combination of Baylor and Scott & White’s
geographic diversity and reputations for clinical excellence
“We are building a new national model for health care
strengthens both organizations during a time of significant
delivery engineered to meet the demands of health care
change in the health care sector.
reform, the changing needs of patients and payers and
Baylor Scott & White Health will be guided by a team
the extraordinary advances in clinical care,” said Joel.
of leaders from both organizations. Joel T. Allison, former
“Together, our two organizations are stronger and bet-
president and chief executive officer of Baylor Health Care
ter positioned for the challenges and opportunities in
System, is now the chief executive officer of Baylor Scott &
the future of health care.”
For more information on Baylor Scott & White Health, visit www.BaylorScottandWhite.com.
For more information or to support initiatives at Baylor, contact Baylor Health Care System Foundation at
214.820.3136 or [email protected].
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