Predicting the unpredictable
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Most health care administrators are attempting to create a linked network of doctors, hospitals, and services, and a number of strategies are being used successfully. Hospitals attempting to dominate a region through size alone will have trouble beating flexible competition, and can expect further consolidation. Columbia/HCA has managed to dominate in Florida and perhaps Atlanta, by defining themselves as a powerhouse within a small market, mostly through acquisition. Hospices and other niche-market players can find strength in partnerships as well.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1995
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The running of the bulls; in which the raging stock market transforms health care
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Health care stocks outpaced the Dow Jones Industrial Average from Jan 1995 through early Mar 1996. The Morgan Stanley Healthcare Provider Index rose 47.8%, whereas the Dow rose 42.9%. Although health care stocks do not always trade with the Dow or other broad market indices, the bull market provides a good environment for health care stocks. Initial public offerings, mergers and pooling of interest transactions fueled the equities markets.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1996
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Street scenes
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Talks between Columbia/HCA Healthcare and executives from eight public and not-for-profit healthcare organizations about acquiring 22 Columbia hospitals dissect with reports of a Chicago hospital's refusal to assist a fatally wounded youth dying 35 ft from the hospital. The healthcare industry must bear some of the blame for the public's perception that the industry is an uncaring entity.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1998
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