UofL board gives go-ahead for university to seek partners for hospital

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- University of Louisville’s Board of Trustees gave the go-ahead Feb. 16 for the university to join with University Hospital in seeking partnerships that would benefit the hospital and UofL’s Health Sciences Center.

The university will begin using a request for proposal process to seek possible candidates for hospital partnerships, said David Dunn, UofL’s executive vice president for health affairs. Dunn said the process “will be open to all comers” deemed to be a good fit for the institution’s “missions of education, research and clinical care.”

In other business, the board: