Cape Cod Healthcare officials have entered into a clinical affiliation with health care giant Beth Israel Lahey Health to expand access to comprehensive care for Cape residents and visitors, reports the Cape Cod Times.
“We will continue to be 100% locally governed,” Cape Cod Healthcare President and CEO Michael K. Lauf said in an interview.
He said Cape Cod Healthcare, the parent company of Cape Cod and Falmouth hospitals, is committed to keeping “this system independent and keeping our market well served.”
As part of the clinical affiliation, which still requires regulatory approval, Cape Cod Healthcare and BILH will work together to recruit 10 primary care physicians in the next two years, Lauf said. Read more.
