Strategy

UnitedHealth Group's Optum announced last month that it is partnering with John Muir Health to help the system remain independent and become more competitive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

When it comes time to go all-in on digital, organizations would do better to appoint as leader of the transformation someone who is an expert in the company, rather than in digital strategy.

Atrium Health's hospital campus in Concord, N.C., is getting a new name, reports the Independent Tribune.

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health is adding three nursing homes to its network in a $65 million deal that aims to bolster its post-acute care presence in northern New Jersey, the 17-hospital system announced on July 30.  

Greenbrae, Calif.-based Marin General Hospital and its partners have formed a single healthcare entity called MarinHealth, the organizations said July 30.

Implementing an ambulatory care strategy is top of mind for hospital and health system leaders — especially as payers demand low-cost options, patients seek affordability and convenience, and new outside players enter the industry.

  In the more than two decades since da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery began to shift from a theoretical premise to a plausible option for minimally invasive surgery, hospitals and health systems have reaped the potential rewards that may include fewer…

St. Louis-based Ascension is rebranding its community health services in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas as part of a larger effort to standardize the integrated health system under a unified name.

Health isn't simply the absence of disease. It's a complete state of physical, social and mental well-being. To deliver holistic health services to community members, many hospitals and healthcare providers are partnering with payers, government agencies and other organizations.

When employees stop learning, not only do they grow bored and often begin looking externally for new jobs, but the organization itself is also left in a dangerous state of stagnation.