In healthcare, size used to signal strength. Bigger meant more services, more specialists, more veritas. But what if all that bulk is actually a liability? Hospitals have gorged on acquisitions—buying up physician practices, merging with competitors, and adding layers of complexity. But when you stuff too much into a system, it doesn’t become more resilient—it…
Ride along with Mark on a tour of bankrupt facilities and broken physician dreams.
What will be left after many more services are pulled out of the hospital?
I’ve written about hospital closures, but before today, I’ve never written about a hospital that turned to crowdfunding to stay afloat.
I’ve written about hospital closures, but before today, I’ve never written about a hospital that turned to crowdfunding to stay afloat.
I’ve written about hospital closures, but before today, I’ve never written about a hospital that turned to crowdfunding to stay afloat.
The healthcare world was supposedly abuzz when the New England Journal of Medicine reported that shows that consolidation in the hospital industry doesn’t lead to higher patient satisfaction or to higher quality.
Do you know the secrets of using fear of loss as a tactic in hospital negotiations?
Hospitals are focusing their hard and few-earned dollars exactly where it counts, spending big bucks on the physician executives…
The issue is the function, patient care, not the location in which care is delivered.