Riverside Health System and UVA Health announced recently an alliance to expand patient access to innovative care for complex medical conditions, transplantation and the latest clinical trials. Under the agreement, Riverside and UVA Health will collaborate in multiple areas, including clinical program development, research and medical education.

The agreement provides UVA Health with 5 percent ownership in Riverside, and, in turn, UVA Health has committed financial and clinical resources to assist in growing local services in eastern Virginia. UVA Health and Riverside will each retain their existing governance and administrative structures.

The affiliation enhances care coordination in several care areas, including adult and pediatric transplantation, while advancing efforts to educate and train the next generation of clinicians through a common commitment to medical education, research and innovation, a release said.The new affiliation builds on a longstanding relationship betw...