Atrium, Wake Forest to Launch Medical School with Pop Health Focus
Health IT Analytics April 16, 2019
Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health are planning to create a new medical school to train students in population health management and innovative care.
Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health, and Wake Forest University have announced a plan to launch a new medical school that will train physicians in population health management strategies to serve communities across the Carolinas.
The medical school is part of a planned merger between the organizations that will bring together nearly fifty hospitals, 1300 care locations, and 16 million patients under a single health care system.
The entities are also looking to invest in a Translational Research and Population Health Center in Winston-Salem to develop evidence-based best practices for patients.
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