University of Pennsylvania Health System to merge with Princeton HealthCare System

The University of Pennsylvania Health System will expand to serve more of New Jersey thanks to a merge with Princeton HealthCare System. The Executive Committee of Penn's Board of Trustees approved the partnership with PHCS—an organization which currently provides inpatient and outpatient care to more than 1.3 million people—in mid-December, in an agreement that satisfies both school's medical centers.