Memphis-based Baptist Memorial Health Care and Anderson Regional Health System of Meridian, Mississippi, have finalized a merger, which was initiated with a shared mission agreement signed on Oct. 18, 2023. Baptist Memorial is considered one of the largest health care systems in the South, with 22 hospitals, a regional cancer center, more than 100 clinics, numerous specialty facilities and services and a health care university that includes a college of osteopathic medicine. Anderson Regional, founded by Dr. William Jefferson Anderson in 1928, includes two hospitals, a cancer center and multiple clinics. Baptist Memorial will now consist of 24 hospitals, with 12 hospitals in Mississippi, making it the largest health care system in the state.
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