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The Value of Health Systems

How Patients Benefit When Hospitals Come Together

Hospitals and health systems are transforming; redesigning how they deliver care to provide patients and communities with more convenient, cost-effective and innovative services. Mergers and acquisitions are one effective means for developing coordinated systems of care that fuel innovation and drive value-based care. Realignment is a direct response to the changing needs of communities, continuous financial pressures to reduce costs and the ever-present drive to improve quality for patients.
 


Health systems open doors to:

  • Advanced Quality
  • Enhanced Services
  • Maintain Access
  • Fuel Innovation


The Value of Health Systems: Testimonials

Ron J. Place, M.D., President and CEO, Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center
Kevin B. Mahoney, CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Russ Gronewold, president and CEO of Bryan Health
Rob Allen, president and CEO of Intermountain Health
J. Stephen Jones, M.D., president and CEO of Inova Health System
Bill Robertson, CEO of MultiCare Health System
Mike Slubowski, President and CEO, Trinity Health
The Value of Health Systems: C. Wright Pinson, deputy CEO and chief health system officer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
The Value of Health Systems: Liz Dunne, president and CEO of PeaceHealth
The Value of Health Systems: Mary Jo Cagle, M.D., president and CEO of Cone Health
The Value of Health Systems: Brian Nester, D.O., executive vice president and COO of Jefferson Health
The Value of Health Systems: Michael Cureton, CEO of Sutter Amador and Sutter Davis Hospitals, Sutter Health
The Value of Health Systems: Bill Gassen, president and CEO of Sanford Health
The Value of Health Systems: Lori Morgan, president and CEO of Huntington Health
The Value of Health Systems: Jaewon Ryu, M.D., J.D., Risant Health
The Value of Health Systems: Shane Strum, Broward Health and Memorial Healthcare System
The Value of Health Systems: Stephen Markovich, OhioHealth
The Value of Health Systems: Steve Purves, Valleywise Health
The Value of Health Systems: Timothy Pehrson
The Value of Health Systems: Michael Ugwueke, DHA, FACHE
The Value of Health Systems: Diane Hansen
The Value of Health Systems: Dwayne Gunter
The Value of Health Systems: Robert Fields
The Value of Health Systems: Shelly Buck
The Value of Health Systems
The Value of Health Systems: Chris Howard
The Value of Health Systems: Ron Werft
The Value of Health Systems: Dana Weston Graves

RESOURCES

Featured

A New Approach to Hospital Mergers & Acquisitions: Supporting Healthy, Competitive Hospital Markets

AHA Report: Cost of Caring

Keeping Care Local

What Strong Systems Make Possible

Charles River Associates Report: Hospital

Eight Myths About Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions

AHA Members Only: Key Messages on Consolidation

Partnerships, Mergers, and Acquisitions Can Provide Benefits to Certain Hospitals and Communities

Related 

WSJ Advertorial: Fighting for Fair Health Insurance 

Anticompetitive Conduct by Commercial Health Insurance Companies

Competition in Health Insurance, 2019 Update. American Medical Association

WSJ Advertorial: Value of Health Systems Shown Clearly During the Pandemic

 

The Value of Systems during COVID

Better Together: The Value of Scale – Providence

Sutter Health COVID-19 Response: Resilient Integrated Network Protects Patients, Employees & Community

The Value of Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic Case Study: Spectrum Health – Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Value of Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic Case Study: Advocate Aurora Health – Milwaukee, Wisc.

The Value of Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic Case Study: OhioHealth – Columbus, Ohio

 
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