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beginning stages of design work, and we have made no estimate of the cost of
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a new, larger building on the existing site on Graftons west side. The
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$150M hospital in Grafton eyed
The Daily Reporter, August 3, 2007
 Aurora
Health Care has acquired Advanced Healthcare and the two will build
a new estimated $150 million hospital in Grafton with about 80 or 90
beds.
We firmly believe that the best and most cost-effective way to
deliver care is through an integrated health care system that is,
a health care provider that coordinates patient care across a broad
spectrum of services, Dr. Nick Turkal, chief executive officer of
Aurora, said in a press announcement this week. Thats what Aurora
has created, and integrating care is what Advanced Healthcare and
Aurora will be doing together. To make this happen, we must have a
complete continuum of services in place, including a hospital.
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two have picked a site off Interstate 43 and Highway 60 in Grafton,
where 70 percent of residents are Aurora or Advanced clients.
The planned facility would include a Vince Lombardi Cancer
Clinic, 24-hour emergency room, outdoor garden, pharmacy, chapel and
cafeteria. Six hundred people would work there.
The
Cedar Creek Clinic, located in Grafton on Highway 60, would be
rebuilt next to the new facility.
After the acquisition announced this week, Advanced will remain a
separate subsidiary of Aurora. Advanceds patients will have access
to all of Auroras services, including care at St. Lukes Medical
Center, Aurora Sinai Medical Center and the Aurora Womens Pavilion
at Aurora West Allis Medical Center. Auroras employees and family
members will gain access to Advanceds primary and secondary
physicians.
The providers said the new hospital, and the new alliance, would
lead to lower health-care costs. Many of the failures of our
countrys health care system can be traced to the fragmented nature
of care delivery, Advanced Healthcare CEO and doctor Eugene Monroe
said in a printed statement. If we can coordinate care for our
patients, ensuring that they receive the right care at the right
time and in the right place, we can improve outcomes and reduce
costs. Thats what integrated care is all about, and thats what
Advanced and Aurora will work toward.
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