May 20, 2005

Clinical collaboration with Mount Kisco Medical Group

The MGH and the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO)
announced this week an agreement that will extend the expertise, care and services of the MGH to patients of Mount Kisco Medical Group (MKMG), located in the Hudson Valley in southern New York.

The agreement, which establishes the MKMG as a clinical affiliate of the MGH and the MGPO, will help give MKMG patients who need highly specialized medical care easy access to MGH and MGPO physicians and the breadth of services offered by the hospital. Under the agreement, a designated MGH physician will be available to respond to MKMG requests for medical care and consultation as well as coordinate various services for MKMG patients referred to the MGH. The collaboration also enables patients of MKMG to participate in specific clinical trials under way at the MGH aimed at identifying new and better treatments for complex disorders. In addition, educational programs and opportunities at the MGH will be available to MKMG physicians, and MGH and MKMG staff will jointly provide health information programs to the Mount Kisco community.

"We have seen an increasing number of patients who have been traveling from neighboring states to the MGH to get specialized kinds of care, therapies or
procedures or to participate in clinical trials," says David Torchiana, MD, chair and CEO of the MGPO. "We see this affiliation with the MKMG as an important way not only to enhance our ability to serve the needs of patients in New York but also to make the services that the MGH can provide available to a broader community. We are enormously pleased to be associated with the talented physicians and staff of the Mount Kisco Medical Group, who are focused on providing the best possible network of services to their patients."