Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright State University and Premier Health announced further plans to establish an academic medical center that the two organizations say will improve health care services in the Dayton region.
The agreement mirrors other hospital networks, like the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus and UC Health in Cincinnati. The agreement was first announced in December.
Premier Health will pay Wright State $10 million in the first year of the agreement and $15 million in the second to increase the class size at Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine and invest in Wright State’s nursing program.
The agreement also calls for shared board representatives, frequent meetings between Wright State Boonshoft administrators and Premier Health administrators, and a joint appointment of a Boonshoft dean and Premier Health chief academic officer. The organizations have hired Russell Reynolds Associates to lead a national search for this new position.
Chief Operating Officer Greg Sample said a group of Wright State and Premier Health employees will work as a joint operating committee to meet all the expectations of an academic medical center.
