POTSDAM â After more than three years of working toward an agreement, St. Lawrence Health System and Rochester Regional Health have finalized an affiliation.
The two hospital systems in 2018 signed a non-binding letter of intent to affiliate, and hospital administrators on Tuesday announced they had been granted all regulatory approvals for the alignment to be official.
The multi-hospital, 20,000-employee Rochester system has the capacity to support the 2,000-employee St. Lawrence system, according to a joint news release issued Tuesday. SLHS will maintain control of its three hospitals â Canton-Potsdam, Gouverneur and Massena â and network of rural outpatient facilities, and Rochester Regional will provide access to its electronic record system and population health management programs.