Wisconsin Health News
Aurora Health Care has ended its partnership with the UW Cancer Center at ProHealth Care, representatives of the organizations confirmed Tuesday.

The three health systems, part of the statewide health network AboutHealth, were all collaborators on the cancer center in Pewaukee.

But Aurora spokeswoman Tami Kou said, “We discovered limitations and determined that our patients would be best served at their current locations.”

The split was first reported by the Milwaukee Business Journal late Monday.

Kou pointed toward other collaborations between ProHealth Care, including Aurora providing remote intensive care unit monitoring services for ProHealth Care’s Waukesha Memorial Hospital and Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital, which it started doing in June.

“While ProHealth Care and Aurora Health Care are working together in a number of ways, the two organizations mutually decided last year to maintain separate cancer programs in Waukesha County,” said Jeff Squire, chief corporate affairs officer at ProHealth Care.

UW Heath didn’t play a role in the decision, according to spokeswoman Lisa Brunette. She said Aurora’s decision to leave the cancer center wouldn’t have an impact on UW Health working with Aurora on pediatric cancer services in northeast Wisconsin.