horizontally integrated health systems: Quest Diagnostics
vertically integrated health systems: Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Houston
1. Compare the horizontally integrated health system (Quest Diagnostics) and the vertically integrated health system (Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Houston) you have selected (e.g., size, settings/locations, and types of services).
2. Explain each health system’s rationale for pursuing integration and the strategies it has used to achieve integration.
3. Assess the business and health care-related implications of integration for your selected health systems, including how integration impacts the patients/consumers the organization serves.
