Together, we can

S. Wright Caughman

In an age of health care reform in which uncertainties abound, one thing, we believe, is certain—this new partnership is good news to patients in North Georgia.

This spring, Emory Healthcare and Saint Joseph’s Hospital made the exciting announcement that we are joining forces. Why is this new partnership important? It brings together two Atlanta health care institutions—one a nationally ranked, academic medical center and one a community hospital with deep historical roots—to create a fiscally sound and strong clinical enterprise.

In an age of health care reform in which uncertainties abound, one thing, we believe, is certain—this new partnership is good news to patients in North Georgia. It keeps the excellent physicians and staffs of both of our systems available to them and expands our clinical services. It also aligns Emory’s vast research enterprise and clinical trials with those of Saint Joseph’s research institutes. Together, we will be stronger, and the health of Georgians will be better for it.

You can read more details about the new joint operating company in this issue of Emory Health, along with other contributions that Emory brings to the table—in patient care, education, and research. For one, Emory scientists are discovering new drugs to treat chronic diseases at home and neglected diseases in the developing world. In fact, a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that Emory is the fourth largest contributor in the nation to the discovery of new drugs and vaccines by public research institutions.

We are fortunate in being able to advance health on many frontiers throughout our health center and in collaboration with others at Saint Joseph’s and the recently acquired Emory Johns Creek Hospital (previously owned jointly with HCA). Emory is strategically pursuing these alliances and others with one goal in mind—to offer the most advanced and highest-quality health care for Georgia.

We are blessed to have many partners helping us reach that goal, and among them is the American Cancer Society with national headquarters here in Atlanta. In this issue, you’ll be able to read an editorial by my friend and Society CEO John Seffrin that highlights the organization’s recent efforts to prevent and treat cancers. His advice—to prevent the preventable, treat the treatable, and fix the fixable in our health care system—applies not only to cancer but also to all the ways in which the Woodruff Health Sciences Center can work with its strong institutional partners to bolster health in our communities.

S. Wright Caughman 
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

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