Two Page Paper, Case Studies Healthcare

There are two cases dealing with hospital mergers. One is very successful, one is less so. What is the difference? What did management do in each situation that made the outcomes so different? What can you learn about how to manage such a challenge in your career?

Be creative, be analytical. Answer all the questions above.

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Mergers refer to an agreement between two corporations or organizations and which unites them into a new organization (Starkweather, 1981). Mergers are done to expand the reach of an organization, grow into new segments or even earn or gain a share in the market.

In the two hospital mergers, the one between the Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center and Egleston Children’s Health Care System is successful while the merger between two hospitals that were rivals was less successful.

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