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Article: BON SECOURS HEADS HOME: CATHOLIC SYSTEM FORGOES NATIONAL CONSOLIDATION TO FOCUS ON ASSISTED-LIVING, NONACUTE-CARE.
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- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- June 8, 1998
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While joining a Roman Catholic conglomerate the likes of Catholic Health Initiatives and Catholic Health East is fashionable these days, Bon Secours Health System is taking a pass on the haute couture of healthcare.
The Marriottsville, Md.-based system may not be tres chic, but it doesn't think it needs to be in order to thrive.
The 14-hospital system is focused on cementing local partnerships, rather than national ones, and growing the system through nonacute-care services. This comes after a growth spurt in recent years that has more than doubled its number of hospitals.
"It's not that we are opposed to those mega-mergers; it's just you have to have ...