Mercy Health System, which operates a 65-bed hospital in Harvard and health care facilities in Woodstock, plans to merge with Rockford Health System to create a larger, more efficient system. The new health system, which doesn't yet have a name, would continue to pursue building a hospital in Crystal Lake despite past failures, said Javon Bea, Mercy Health System's president and CEO. The merger, which must be approved by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, won't affect operations at Mercy Harvard Hospital or Mercy Woodstock Medical Center. "We don't anticipate any changes to those facilities," Bea said Tuesday.
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