Jordan Hospital to work with Tufts, Floating Hospital

By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff

Jordan Hospital of Plymouth, a 155-bed community hospital serving a dozen towns in Plymouth and Barnstable counties, said today it has formed a clinical affiliation with Boston's Tufts Medical Center and its Floating Hospital for Children.
The alliance, part of an accelerating trend in which eastern Massachusetts hospitals are teaming up with Boston's academic medical centers, will give Jordan Hospital patients greater access to specialists, technology, and patient education at its Plymouth site, officials said.

Jordan Hospital's board of directors and medical staff voted yesterday to approve the partnership, which will take effect in January. The hospitals expect to sign a formal memorandum of understanding in the coming weeks.