Hospital network
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A hospital network is a network or group of hospitals that work together to coordinate and deliver a broad spectrum of services to their community. A hospital system or health care system is 2 or more hospitals owned, sponsored, or contract managed by a central organization. [1]
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[edit] Benefits and controversies
To avoid financial losses due to shrinking reimbursements and rising costs as well as improving quality of care and avoid duplication of services, hospitals may consolidate certain services at one hospital. However, patients may need to travel further if those services are no longer offered at their local hospital. [2]
[edit] International
- Adventist Health International - 13 countries
- Aga Khan Health Services - Central and South Asia and East Africa - 9 hospitals
- Apollo Hospitals is an Indian healthcare corporation that operates 38 hospitals in South Asia
[edit] Canada
- Eastern Health [1] - 7 hospitals
- Health Care Corporation of St. John's [2]
[edit] United States
- Adventist Health System - 36 hospitals
- Ascension Health - nation's largest catholic and largest non-profit health system; 61 general acute care hospitals, 4 long-term acute care hospitals, 4 rehabilitation hospitals, and 4 psychiatric hospitals; HQ St. Louis, MO
- Carolinas Healthcare System - 19 hospitals
- Catholic Health East - 35 hospitals; HQ Newtown Square, PA
- Catholic Health Initiatives - 73 hospitals; 2nd largest catholic health system, 5th largest US health system overall; HQ Denver, CO
- Catholic Healthcare Partners - founded in 1985; HQ Cincinnati, OH
- Catholic Healthcare West - 42 hospitals; HQ San Francisco, CA
- Child Health Corporation of America [3] - 42 pediatric hospitals
- CHRISTUS Health - catholic health system of 40 hospitals; HQ Irving, TX
- Continuum Health Partners 4 hospitals in New York City
- Hospital Corporation of America - 173 hospitals and 107 freestanding surgery centers
- Kaiser Permanente - 37 hospitals
- Kettering Health Network
- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services - 4 hospitals
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University is a consortium of hospitals
- NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System - 30 hospitals
- Partners HealthCare - 11 member hospitals/organizations
- Premier Health Partners
- Prime Healthcare Services [4] - 13 acute-care hospitals
- ProMedica Health System
- Providence Health & Services - 29 hospitals of non-for-profit, catholic health system; HQ Seattle, WA
- Shriners Hospitals for Children - 22 pediatric hospitals
- SSM Health Care - 20 hospitals of catholic health system; HQ St. Louis, MO
- Sutter Health - 26 hospitals
- Tenet Healthcare - 57 hospitals
- Texas Health Resources [5] - 12 acute-care hospitals and one long-term care hospital; corporate member or partner in six additional hospitals and surgery centers.
- Trinity Health (Novi, Michigan) - 44 hospitals; one of the largest catholic health system; HQ Novi, MI
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - 19 hospitals western Pennsylvania
- Vanguard Health Systems
- Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - 16 hospitals of catholic health system; HQ Glendale, WI
[edit] US Government networks
- Indian Health Service - 33 hospitals
- Military medicine - United States Department of Defense - See Category:United States military hospitals
- Veterans Health Administration
[edit] References
- ^ Fast Facts on US Hospitals. American Hospital Association. Accessed September 2, 2007
- ^ Summit's maternity facility to be folded into Alta Bates September 16, 2001 ANG News Online. Accessed September 3, 2007.
