Assignment:
Consider the ways in which two health systems are similar to and/or different from one another.
Assess the business and health care-related implications of horizontal and vertical integration of your selected health systems. How does integration impact the management of your selected organizations and the patients/consumers they serve, especially in terms of cost, quality, and access?
Select one of the following horizontally integrated health systems:
• National Surgical Hospitals
• Select Medical Healthcare
• Sunrise Senior Living
• Labcorp
• Quest Diagnostics
• Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Also select one of the following vertically integrated health systems:
• Kaiser Permanente
• Mayo Clinic
• Cleveland Clinic
• MedStar Health
• Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Houston
3 to 4 pages
Question 1) Compare the horizontally integrated health system and the vertically integrated health system you have selected (e.g., size, settings/locations, and types of services).
Question 2) Explain each health system's rationale for pursuing integration and the strategies it has used to achieve integration.
Question 3) Assess the business and health care-related implications of integration for your selected health systems, including how integration impacts the patients/consumers the organization serves.