Becker's Healthcare October 4, 2024
Kristin Kuchno

Partnering with other health systems entails flexibility and alignment, Julie Freischlag, MD, CEO of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, N.C., told Becker’s.

Dr. Freischlag is also executive vice president and chief academic officer of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, which Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist joined in 2022 through the merger of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health.

System leadership found an “unbelievable opportunity” to partner with Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health in 2020, Dr. Freischlag said. The resources that partnership brought led to building a new critical care tower, emergency room and outpatient surgery center, as well as the Wake Forest University School of Medicine campus in Charlotte, which will open July 2025.

Wake Forest Baptist’s affiliation with Advocate...

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