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Sparrow announces new partnership with University of Michigan for pediatric care
LANSING — Sparrow Health System announced a new partnership with the University of Michigan Thursday.
Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, signed an affiliation agreement with Sparrow Health System to integrate pediatric services.
The partnership is expected to officially launch in early May. The change will give Lansing-area families greater access to specialized medicine, said John Truscott, a spokesperson for Sparrow.
“Allowing families to stay home when their children are sick is so important," he said. "And (the partnership) will hopefully mean a better experience all the way around.”
The new agreement does not impact Sparrow’s existing relationship with MSU’s College of Human Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine, Truscott said.
Under the new partnership with Michigan, Truscott said the school's physicians will provide care at Sparrow, which means local families won't have to travel to Ann Arbor for some specialized care, he said.
The University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital already provides pediatric cardiology, pediatric gastroenterology and pediatric surgery services through clinics at the Sparrow Medical Professional Building.
A second part of the affiliation agreement is expected to be a minority investment by Michigan Medicine in Sparrow’s health plan, Physicians Health Plan, according to a Thursday news release. This investment is expected to be finished in six months or less.
Both organizations will also appoint representatives to an oversight committee as part of the deal.
"Sparrow is a community hospital," Truscott said. "That will not be changing. This is just bringing more resources into the Lansing area."
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