Catholic Health Initiatives to merge with Dignity Health
Local leadership says Catholic mission won’t change after companies join
Published: January 17, 2019
What hospital merger means for us
Four St. Vincent hospitals and dozens of clinics in Arkansas will soon become part of the country’s largest nonprofit health system, but the merger is sparking questions. Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health, a non-profit health system mainly in the West, are merging to form CommonSpirit Health. CHI is assuring its patients and donors that its hospitals will remain Catholic. “We aren’t looking just to take what Dignity does and what CHI does and make a collection of those two. We’re looking to create something better than what we have,” CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs outgoing president Tony Houston said.
Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health will merge to become CommonSpirit Health, forming one of the country’s largest health systems. CHI operates four hospitals and several clinics in Arkansas.
Completion of the merger was delayed one month, until Jan. 31, but no explanation was given.
Chad Aduddell, CEO of CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock, said in an emailed statement, “Our Catholic affiliation will not change as CHI St. Vincent continues to answer the call that the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and the Sisters of Mercy began more than 130 years ago. A shared commitment to our healing ministry is a key part of this
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