It is the primary hub of Cooley Dickinson Health Care, a regional network of primary and specialty care medical providers, an affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital, which is part of Mass General Brigham.

[2] In addition to shared billing and medical records, the hospitals currently collaborate in the areas of tele-medicine (stroke), maternal-fetal medicine, organ transplant evaluation and cancer treatment.

[8] Fellow Senator Birch Bayh (D, IN) and his wife Marvella also survived the crash and were also treated at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.

[9] In 2011, amid the nation's recovery from the 2008 financial crisis which led to widespread mergers and acquisitions across healthcare, Cooley Dickinson Hospital sought a new owner to avoid closure.

The state approved the merger, and in 2013 Cooley Dickinson joined the Mass General Brigham system.