By Shane Devereux The healthcare environment is seeing a rise in market consolidation in both hospital and payer spheres. The number of planned hospital and health system mergers in 2017 was the highest in more than a decade, with hospitals announcing a total of 115 transactions in 2017.1 This year has already seen multiple pending… Continue reading The Merger Boom: How and Why Hospital Mergers are Transforming the Healthcare Ecosystem
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‘Health Villages’ – healthcare’s new innovative response to integrated care-delivery challenges
By Shane Devereux As the healthcare landscape shifts toward clinical integration, new innovative approaches to care delivery are becoming more prevalent in health systems around the country. The ‘health village’ or ‘medical village’ is one such method that improves patient care in a more standardized, sustainable way than its traditional counterparts. What is a Health… Continue reading ‘Health Villages’ – healthcare’s new innovative response to integrated care-delivery challenges