Some Hospitals and Health Systems Get Bigger in Bid to Increase Efficiency and Profit Margins

Jul 8, 2011 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Meanwhile, financial pressures mean smaller budgets for hospital laboratories When it comes to multi-hospital health systems, the biggest are getting bigger. But many health systems are not covering their costs. These were the findings from a recent annual survey of health systems by Modern Healthcare magazine. It confirms what pathologists and clinical laboratory directors see in many regional markets. As we wrote in Dark Daily on June 29, three factors are driving this growth trend: federal...

Modern Healthcare’s Top 10 Largest Health System Rankings also Reveal Nation’s Largest Hospital-Based Laboratories

Jun 29, 2011 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

These annual rankings show that the nation’s largest healthcare systems continue to grow in revenue and bed count When it comes to the nation’s largest healthcare systems, it is no surprise that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) tops the list, at least when ranked by annual revenue. That is the finding of a “Top 10” survey of healthcare systems recently published by Modern Healthcare magazine. This survey is useful to pathologists and clinical laboratory managers because these “Top...
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