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28 October
1999 Stanford Ends Merger (October 28, 11:50 a.m.) UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop has announced that the campus learned today of Stanford University’s plan to withdraw from the two-year-old merger of the universities’ hospitals and clinics. Bishop stated that he expects a cordial dissolution process and emphasized that operation of the UCSF Medical Center will continue seamlessly, with no interruption to patient care services. The financial recovery plan for clinical services at the campus will continue, including the transfer of all inpatient services from UCSF/Mount Zion to the UCSF Medical Center on Parnassus Avenue and the development of UCSF/Mount Zion as a comprehensive Cancer Center and outpatient services hub. The reconfiguration of clinical services at Parnassus and Mount Zion is necessary to preserve the financial stability and the quality of health care provided at UCSF with or without the merger. The Hunter Group will continue to manage the UCSF hospitals pending the development of a long-term plan, Bishop said. In remarks to the campus community on Wednesday, Bishop said, "With or without the merger, UC and Stanford hospitals face continuing financial pressures that can only be addressed by stringent management and improved revenues. I am confident that we will eventually prevail in this struggle. We have a resourceful staff and faculty, along with the strong backing of the Board of Regents; and we offer world class health care, a fine product for the market place." Links: Stanford Announcement-Press Release Casper Letter to UC President Atkinson UCSF Stanford Health Care Daybreak Archive
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