Marin Healthcare District
- We have contracted and secured financing for a state-of-the-art, fully integrated
information and technology system to manage medical records. - We have secured transition financing, including $20 million from the County of Marin.
- We have met all required deadlines for seismic upgrades for the hospital.
From the beginning we have been working with community leaders to ensure a successful transition. Our vision for Marin General Hospital includes becoming the safest, highest quality hospital, while becoming the best health care employer in the North Bay. We plan to enhance our ability to recruit the highest quality doctors and nurses by continuing to invest in state-of-the-art equipment and technology. As part of the seismic upgrade, we will replace the hospital’s oldest buildings and make Marin General an all-private room hospital, sleeker in design and more energy efficient, constructed using green building principles. We are designing additional safety into every step of the process.
Early this year, the publicly elected Marin Healthcare District Board (MHD) will act on new bylaws for the Marin General Hospital Corporation (The Hospital Board) that will take effect when Sutter Health leaves MGH and transfers the hospital back to the District’s control. These bylaws are significantly different from the existing bylaws which have allowed the District virtually no control over how Sutter Health operated the hospital The proposed bylaws will provide the very best from a public, private partnership and were developed though strategic planning, with info gathered by the District at a number of public meetings and study sessions over the past two years. The District’s strategic plan for the governance of the post-Sutter MGH represents much thought and effort on the part of the District’s legal and community advisors, executive team, and District Board. The results are the proposed bylaws that will allow the hospital to be governed by a board of skills-based community and business leaders approved by the five-member elected District Board.
Under the proposed bylaws the District board will become the parent company so it will have oversight on fundamental hospital issues, and will require the hospital to provide regular public reporting on a range of issues. District approval will be required for the hospital-related actions that primarily effect hospital ownership status, while the Hospital Board will have responsibility for overseeing the hospitals day to day operations, patient safety, patient/physician/employee satisfaction, and strategic planning.
There may be challenges ahead to overcome during the transition process, but the District is meeting them as they arise. Regardless of any challenges, we have every confidence that Marin General Hospital will continue to provide the highest quality healthcare the citizens of Marin County have come to expect and deserve.
Dear Community Members,
Marin Healthcare District entered into a court supervised Settlement and Transfer Agreement with Sutter Health organization in 2006 for the transition of Marin General Hospital from Sutter Health, back to a locally owned and operated hospital.
We would like to take this opportunity to update you on the transition. First, we are happy to report that we are on schedule and have completed many major tasks in preparation. Be assured, this transition is firmly on course for a successful transfer at midnight on June 29, 2010.
Marin Healthcare District is committed to three guiding principles for Marin General Hospital: 1) we will have a free-standing hospital, 2) the hospital will be community governed, and 3) the hospital be accountable to the public. Working toward this end, the District already accomplished the following milestones:
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