Emory’s Fox to join major Michigan health system

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | Management

 

Emory Healthcare’s president and chief executive, John T. Fox, soon will take the reins of Detroit’s Beaumont Health System, reports AJC.com.

Fox is joining a nonprofit hospital group that was created last fall by combining Beaumont Health with Oakwood Healthcare and Botsford Health Care. The combined system has eight hospitals in metro Detroit and southeast Michigan, with 33,000 employees and roughly $4 billion in revenues.

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Emory Healthcare chief to head Michigan hospital network

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