It keeps growing…and growing. Today (Tuesday), Renown Health took another big leap…this time reaching beyond Nevada into Stanford, California. As Renown’s president and CEO Tony Slonim told us, "We are partnering with Stanford Medicine, Stanford Health Care." Stanford is well known here. The cancer, heart, brain and children’s illness specialists already provide treatment to many northern Nevadans. Slonim says the partnership “compliments our network, and allows us to provide services that accentuate what we provide here in Reno."
As of now, Renown is a Stanford Medicine affiliate partner. How does Stanford benefit? Instead of outsourcing tens of millions of dollars in medical services to other hospitals, Renown focuses primarily on and sends patients to Stanford. In return, they say northern Nevada patients will get more specialized, highly rated and efficient care. Renown VP Kirk Gillis told us, "Both Renown and Stanford share the same electronic medical records system. We won't be having to try to figure out how to coordinate care for patients and families across 10 different northern California systems." Added Slonim, "What we want to make sure is...if you have to go to Stanford, your X-rays and your medical records follow you."
And likely make it less expensive for the insured, now that those covered by Hometown Health gain access to Stanford. There will be more knowledge-sharing, and innovation like the already popular Tele-Medicine system, where doctors can monitor things like heart function and exams visually and remotely.
From the stage during his announcement, Renown’s Slonim said,  "We've been working aggressively with partners." There's another reason for that. Renown is a not-for-profit corporation. New partnerships bring in new paying patients and money from outside to cover services here for locals, and to pay for more innovation that will be just as amazing as what Renown VP Kirk Gillis has seen in his 10 fast years here…from open heart surgery and bariatric cancer treatments, to robotic surgery. As he told us, “You've already seen it with Tesla coming here, with Switch coming here, with Apple...now we're going to have Stanford? It's going to be a fantastic opportunity to really test the limits of what technology can do to improve access to care."
