NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Ill., has acquired a downtown Chicago physicians group, the 14-member Northwestern Orthopaedic Institute.
The doctors will join the NorthShore Medical Group starting Jan. 1. The group has another office in north suburban Glenview, Ill., and plans to establish an outpatient and surgery center at NorthShore Skokie Hospital, part of a larger 120,000 square-foot ambulatory care center scheduled for a December 2012 completion. That could lure joint-replacement patients from downtown hospitals.