Advocate Aurora Health & Atrium Health Complete Combination

Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health closed on their formal combination to create a new entity, Advocate Health. The new entity aims to bring medical innovations to consumers more quickly, address the root causes of health inequities, advance population health, and enable career advancement for its direct care teammates.

Initially the organization will be co-led by Eugene A. Woods, chief executive officer (CEO) of Advocate Health and Jim Skogsbergh, who plans to retire in 18 months. The board of directors comprises an equal number of members from Advocate Aurora and Atrium Health. Thomas C. Nelson, chair of Atrium Health . . .