In Jan. 2010, St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, acquired the practice Cardiologists LC. In March 2010, however, the executive administrator of CLC left. To ensure integration efforts between the hospital and practice did not stall, Paragon Health was called in to provide an interim manager for CLC. Tom Johnston, vice president of Paragon, and Todd Langager, MD, an electrophysiologist and senior physician in CLC, explain how integration was achieved and why gaining efficiency should not be the only consideration when two organizations partner.
