Doylestown Health has joined the University of Pennsylvania Health System, making the 245-bed community teaching hospital the seventh in the Penn Medicine network.
The new affiliation will change the name of Doylestown Health and its affiliates to Penn Medicine Doylestown Health. The merger was celebrated at a public event at the Doylestown Hospital Flagship campus on April 2.
"Doylestown Health’s integration into Penn Medicine is a key part of our strategy to reimagine care," CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System Kevin Mahoney said in the announcement.
“Our goal is to transform health care into a source of ease and reassurance — simplifying care delivery, making it more accessible for patients, and creating a seamless, supportive experience at every step,” Mahoney added.
Doylestown Hospital, located 30 miles north of Philadelphia, was founded over 100 years ago and has a medical staff of 600 providers across more than 50 specialties.
“Doylestown Hospital was founded with the principal mission to bring quality health care close to home for the patients we serve, and I can think of no better way to do that than by joining our region’s leading academic health system, which will allow for patients in our community to receive even more advanced care options,” PMDH CEO Jim Brexler said in the announcement.
The integration will build on successful collaborations between Doylestown Health and the Health System that are already in place, such as Penn Radiation Oncology Doylestown — which opened in 2011 — and the Penn Cancer Network.
Two members of the PMDH board will be appointed by Penn Medicine and two members of Doylestown trustees will join Penn Medicine’s Board of Trustees as part of the integration.
PMDH is now one of four hospitals in the Health System located outside of Philadelphia. Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, and Princeton Health are also part of the Health System and located outside of city limits.
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