EXCLUSIVE: Bronx, N.Y.-based Montefiore Health System and its clinical affiliate St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y., are in talks for St. John’s to formally join Montefiore.

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NEW YORK CITY: Montefiore is an 11-hospital system with a primary and specialty care network of more than 180 locations, an extended care facility, the Montefiore School of Nursing and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

YONKERS: St. John’s serves the residents of Yonkers and southern Westchester County with a staff of more than 450 physicians.

While few details about the potential integration are available a St John’s Hospital insider expressed excitement about the possibilities to the Yonkers Newswire.

This decision to enter talks about a potential integration builds on a long-standing partnership formally launched when St John’s entered a clinical affiliation in 2014.

Montefiore brings its academic excellence to the outstanding care provided at St. John’s Hospital.

Both Montefiore and St. John’s share a commitment to advancing the health of the communities they serve.

A St. John’s insider told the Yonkers Newswire that the Yonkers hospital is deeply committed to transforming and evolving care in the region, keeping it local, affordable and accessible.

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