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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has negotiated a clinical affiliation with Anna Jaques Hospital of Newburyport, a 123-bed community hospital serving 17 cities and towns in the Merrimack Valley, the Boston health care provider said yesterday.
Under the agreement, Beth Israel Deaconess, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, will provide medical services currently unavailable to Anna Jaques patients, such as specialty cardiovascular and high-risk pregnancy care.
Anna Jaques will remain an independent nonprofit hospital under the alliance, which is part of a larger trend of community hospitals in eastern Massachusetts striking partnerships with Boston’s academic medical centers.
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