- Hospital network
A hospital network is a
network or group ofhospital s 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. [ [http://www.aha.org/aha/resource-center/Statistics-and-Studies/fast-facts.html Fast Facts on US Hospitals] .American Hospital Association . AccessedSeptember 2 2007 ]Benefits and controveries
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. [ [http://www.acgov.org/board/district5/news/2001/summit.htm Summit's maternity facility to be folded into Alta Bates]
September 16 2001 ANG News Online. AccessedSeptember 3 2007 .]International
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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 AsiaCanada
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Eastern Health [http://www.easternhealth.ca/] - 7 hospitals
*Health Care Corporation of St. John's [http://www.hccsj.nl.ca]United States
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Adventist Health System - 36 hospitals
*Ascension Health - 61 general acute care hospitals, 4 long-term acute care hospitals, 4 rehabilitation hospitals, and 4 psychiatric hospitals
*Carolinas Healthcare System - 19 hospitals
*Catholic Healthcare West - 42 hospitals
*Child Health Corporation of America [http://www.chca.com] - 42 pediatric hospitals
*Hospital Corporation of America - 173 hospitals and 107 freestanding surgery centers
*Kaiser Permanente - 37 hospitals
*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 [http://primehealthcareservices.com link title] - 9 hospitals
*ProMedica Health System
*Providence Health & Services - 29 hospitals
*Shriners Hospitals for Children - 22 pediatric hospitals
*SSM Health Care - 20 hospitals
*Sutter Health - 26 hospitals
*Tenet Healthcare - 57 hospitals
*University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - 19 hospitals western Pennsylvania
*Vanguard Health Systems
*Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - 15 hospitalsUS Government networks
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Indian Health Service - 33 hospitals
*Military medicine -United States Department of Defense - See
**Air Force Medical Service
**Army Medical Department
**Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery [http://navymedicine.med.navy.mil]
*Veterans Health Administration References
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