A hospital network is a public, non-profit or for-profit company or organization that provides two or more hospitals and other broad healthcare facilities and services. A hospital network may include hospitals in one or more regions within one or more states within one or more countries. A hospital network has one headquarter, usually within one of the regions served by the network facilities.[1] (The term hospital system or health care system is used more broadly to define the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of a region or country.)
Some of the earliest hospital networks were affiliated with charitable, religious organizations. The Catholic Church established a hospital network in Medieval Europe that was vastly improved from the merely reciprocal hospitality of the Greeks and family-based obligations of the Romans. These hospitals were established to cater to "particular social groups marginalized by poverty, sickness, and age," according to historian of hospitals, Guenter Risse.[2]
In the late 20th century hospital networks were established to make delivery of healthcare more efficient and to share specialized medical services and physicians across the network. 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 farther if those services are no longer offered at their local hospital.[3][4][5]
Largest hospital networksEdit
Hospital networks that do not have reliable sources may not be included; these are not necessarily complete lists.
Ranked by capacityEdit
This is a list of hospital networks with a capacity of more than 2,500 beds.
The largest hospital networks headquartered in the United States are included in the table below. The name, headquarters location, number of hospitals, funding type and founding year are given for each network.[34] There were 6,146 hospitals in the United States in 2020, of which 2,240 were managed by the largest 45 hospital networks.[35][36]
Hospital networks headquartered in the United States
A new grouping of hospitals was announced by the Irish Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly TD in May 2013, as part of a restructure of Irish public hospitals and a goal of delivering better patient care:[44][45]
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^ abSteinhauer, Jennifer (2020-03-15). "The V.A. Prepares to Back Up a Health Care System Threatened by Coronavirus". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
^Mosqueda, Mars Jr. (15 October 2019). "Metro Pacific Hospitals raises $684m from KKR and GIC". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 3 October 2021. Last year, the group served 3.8 million outpatients and 194,000 inpatients with more than 3,200 beds.
^"About Us - Mayo Clinic Facts". Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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^"Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Annual Report and Accounts 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020" (PDF). Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
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^Chandler, Michele. "Merger of Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives is approved". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
^"About Us". MercyOne.org. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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See also Health system A hospital network is a public non profit or for profit company or organization that provides two or more hospitals and other broad healthcare facilities and services A hospital network may include hospitals in one or more regions within one or more states within one or more countries A hospital network has one headquarter usually within one of the regions served by the network facilities 1 The term hospital system or health care system is used more broadly to define the organization of people institutions and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of a region or country Contents 1 History 2 Largest hospital networks 2 1 Ranked by capacity 2 2 Ranked by staff 3 By country 3 1 United States 3 2 Canadian headquartered hospital networks 3 3 Irish headquartered hospital networks 3 4 United Kingdom 3 5 Other 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory EditSome of the earliest hospital networks were affiliated with charitable religious organizations The Catholic Church established a hospital network in Medieval Europe that was vastly improved from the merely reciprocal hospitality of the Greeks and family based obligations of the Romans These hospitals were established to cater to particular social groups marginalized by poverty sickness and age according to historian of hospitals Guenter Risse 2 In the late 20th century hospital networks were established to make delivery of healthcare more efficient and to share specialized medical services and physicians across the network 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 farther if those services are no longer offered at their local hospital 3 4 5 Largest hospital networks EditHospital networks that do not have reliable sources may not be included these are not necessarily complete lists Ranked by capacity Edit This is a list of hospital networks with a capacity of more than 2 500 beds Hospital network Country Beds As of year RefHCA Healthcare nbsp United States 48 855 2019 6 Helios nbsp Germany 38 129 2021 7 Ascension nbsp United States 27 843 2020 8 Asklepios Kliniken nbsp Germany 27 090 2019 9 IHH Healthcare nbsp Malaysia 15 000 10 Veterans Health Administration nbsp United States 13 000 11 Apollo Hospitals nbsp India 10 261 2020 12 Chang Gung Medical Foundation nbsp Taiwan 10 050 13 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center nbsp United States 8 800 2022 14 First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University nbsp China 7 000 15 Cleveland Clinic nbsp United States 6 026 2019 16 Advocate Aurora Health nbsp United States 5 862 2021 17 18 University Hospitals Ruhr Bochum nbsp Germany 5 645 2021 19 Manipal Hospitals India nbsp India 5 000 20 SingHealth nbsp Singapore 4 814 2021 21 National Healthcare Group nbsp Singapore 4 683 2019 22 West China Medical Center nbsp China 4 300 23 Fortis Healthcare nbsp India 4 000 2020 24 Charite nbsp Germany 3 099 2021 25 Metro Pacific Hospitals nbsp Philippines 3 200 2018 26 Ranked by staff Edit This is a list of hospital networks with at least 20 000 staff Hospital Country Staff As of year RefVeterans Health Administration nbsp United States 330 000 11 HCA Healthcare nbsp United States 280 000 2019 6 Kaiser Permanente nbsp United States 217 126 2020 27 CommonSpirit Health nbsp United States 150 000 2020 28 Helios nbsp Germany 125 000 2021 29 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center nbsp United States 92 000 2022 14 Advocate Aurora Health nbsp United States 75 000 2021 30 Mayo Clinic nbsp United States 70 000 2019 31 Cleveland Clinic nbsp United States 67 554 2019 16 Apollo Hospitals nbsp India 62 939 2020 12 IHH Healthcare nbsp Malaysia 55 000 10 Johns Hopkins Medicine nbsp United States 53 352 2018 32 Asklepios Kliniken nbsp Germany 36 265 2019 9 SingHealth nbsp Singapore 31 570 2021 21 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust nbsp United Kingdom 23 000 2019 33 By country EditUnited States Edit See also Category Hospital networks in the United States The largest hospital networks headquartered in the United States are included in the table below The name headquarters location number of hospitals funding type and founding year are given for each network 34 There were 6 146 hospitals in the United States in 2020 of which 2 240 were managed by the largest 45 hospital networks 35 36 Hospital networks headquartered in the United States Network HQ City State No of Hospitals in network Funding FoundedUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs Washington D C Washington D C 171 2021 37 38 public Federal 1989HCA Healthcare Nashville Tennessee 184 2021 38 for profit 1968Ascension Health St Louis Missouri 139 2021 38 non profit Catholic 1999CommonSpirit Health Note 1 Chicago Illinois 137 2021 38 non profit Catholic 2019Community Health Systems Franklin Tennessee 84 2021 38 for profit 1985Trinity Health Livonia Michigan 92 2021 38 non profit Catholic 2000LifePoint Health Brentwood Tennessee 84 2021 38 for profit 1999Tenet Healthcare Dallas Texas 65 2021 38 for profit 1969Vibra Healthcare Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania 45 2021 38 for profit 2004Providence St Joseph Health Renton Washington 52 2021 38 non profit Catholic 2016Atrium Health Charlotte North Carolina 40 2021 38 non profit 1940AdventHealth Altamonte Springs Florida 50 2021 38 non profit Seventh day Adventist Church 1973Baylor Scott amp White Health Dallas Texas 52 2021 38 for profit 1897Bon Secours Mercy Health Cincinnati Ohio 50 2021 38 non profit Catholic 2018Prime Healthcare Services Ontario California 45 2021 38 for profit 2001Sanford Health Sioux Falls South Dakota 46 2021 38 non profit 1894Mercy Health St Louis Missouri 40 2021 38 non profit Catholic 1871University of Pittsburgh Medical Center UPMC Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 40 2021 38 non profit 1893Kaiser Permanente Oakland California 39 2021 38 consortium of for profit and non profit 1945MercyOne Clive Iowa 25 2021 38 non profit Catholic 1998 Note 2 Steward Health Care System Dallas Texas 37 for profit 2010Christus Health Irving Texas 60 2021 38 non profit Catholic 1999Avera Health Sioux Falls South Dakota 35 2021 38 non profit faith based 1897Ardent Health Services Nashville Tennessee 30 2021 38 for profit 1993Great Plains Health Alliance Wichita Kansas 29 2021 38 non profit 1950Texas Health Resources Arlington Texas 27 2021 38 non profit faith based 1997Advocate Aurora Health Downers Grove Illinois 26 2021 38 non profit 2018 Note 3 Banner Health Phoenix Arizona 30 2021 38 non profit 1999NewYork Presbyterian Healthcare System New York City New York 26 37 non profit Presbyterian 2015Providence Health amp Services Renton Washington 52 2021 38 37 non profit Catholic 1859Indian Health Service Rockville Maryland 46 2021 Note 4 public Federal 1955Quorum Health Corporation 41 38 Brentwood Tennessee 22 2021 38 for profit 2015 Note 5 Universal Health Services King of Prussia Pennsylvania 26 2021 38 for profit 1979Intermountain Healthcare Salt Lake City Utah 24 2021 38 non profit 1970Sutter Health Sacramento California 24 2021 38 non profit 1921Community Hospital Corporation Plano Texas 29 2021 38 for profit 1996Mayo Clinic Health System Rochester Minnesota 20 2021 38 non profit 1992Northwell Health New Hyde Park New York 23 2021 38 non profit 1997SSM Health Care St Louis Missouri 23 2021 38 non profit Catholic 1872Baptist Health Memphis Tennessee 22 2021 38 non profit Baptist 1955UnityPoint Health West Des Moines Iowa 39 2021 38 non profit 1993Ballad Health 42 Johnson City Tennessee 21 2021 38 non profit 2018Hospital Sisters Health System Springfield Illinois 15 non profit Catholic 1978BJC HealthCare St Louis Missouri 15 non profit 1993 43 Allina Health Minneapolis Minnesota 12 non profit 1983 43 Notes In February 2019 CHI merged with Dignity Health In February 2019 Dignity Health merged with Catholic Health Initiatives becoming CommonSpirit Health 39 MercyOne is run under a joint operating agreement between Catholic Health Initiatives and Trinity Health 40 Advocate Aurora Health was formed in 2018 as a merger between Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care 38 Includes 24 IHS and 22 tribally operated hospitals 38 Quorum Health Corporation is a spin off of Community Health Systems Canadian headquartered hospital networks Edit Scarborough Health Network Toronto Ontario 3 hospitals Sinai Health System Toronto Ontario 2 hospitals Toronto East Health Network Trillium Health Partners Toronto Ontario 3 hospitals Unity Health Toronto Toronto Ontario 3 hospitals University Health Network Toronto Ontario 4 hospitals William Osler Health System Brampton Ontario 2 hospitals Grey Bruce Health Services Grey County Ontario and Bruce County Ontario 6 hospitals Halton Healthcare Greater Toronto Area 3 hospitals London Health Sciences Centre London Ontario 2 hospitals McGill University Health Centre Montreal Quebec 7 hospitalsIrish headquartered hospital networks Edit A new grouping of hospitals was announced by the Irish Minister for Health Dr James Reilly TD in May 2013 as part of a restructure of Irish public hospitals and a goal of delivering better patient care 44 45 Dublin North East subsequently renamed RCSI Hospitals Dublin Midlands subsequently renamed Dublin Midlands Hospital Group Dublin East subsequently renamed Ireland East Hospital Group South South West subsequently renamed South Southwest Hospital Group West North West subsequently renamed Saolta University Health Care Group Mid West subsequently renamed UL Hospitals Group United Kingdom Edit National Health Service England NHS Scotland NHS Wales Health and Social Care in Northern IrelandOther Edit Aga Khan Health Services HQ in France Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris Paris France 44 hospitals Chang Gung Medical Foundation Taiwan 8 hospitals Hirslanden Private Hospital Group Switzerland 17 hospitalsSee also EditHealth system History of hospitalsReferences Edit American Hospital Association Fast Facts on US Hospitals Retrieved September 2 2007 Risse Guenter B April 1999 Mending Bodies Saving Souls A History of Hospitals Oxford University Press pp 59 ISBN 0 19 505523 3 Summit s maternity facility to be folded into Alta Bates Archived 2007 09 27 at the Wayback Machine September 16 2001 ANG News Online Accessed September 3 2007 History of Hospitals Penn Nursing Retrieved November 16 2020 Harry A Sultz and Kristina M Young 2006 Health Care USA Understanding Its Organization and Delivery Sudbury MA Jones and Bartlett Publishers a b 2019 Annual Report to Shareholders PDF HCA Healthcare Retrieved 2021 01 26 At December 31 2019 we owned and operated 179 general acute care hospitals with 48 443 licensed beds At December 31 2019 we operated three psychiatric hospitals with 412 licensed beds Anzahl der Krankenhausbetten des Klinikunternehmens Fresenius Helios bis 2021 Statista in German Retrieved 2022 10 01 Consolidated Statistical Information PDF Ascension Retrieved 2021 01 26 a b https www asklepios com dam jcr 02ae2b01 9496 493b b5a8 b487c412f218 Key 20figures 31 12 2019 pdf bare URL PDF a b IHH Healthcare Berhad www ihhhealthcare com Retrieved 2021 01 26 a b Steinhauer Jennifer 2020 03 15 The V A Prepares to Back Up a Health Care System Threatened by Coronavirus The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2021 01 26 a b Annual Report 2019 20 PDF Retrieved 2021 01 26 Overview chang gung com Retrieved 31 May 2020 a b By the Numbers UPMC Facts and Figures upmc com Retrieved 23 June 2022 The world s biggest hospital Week In China Week In China 2015 07 03 Retrieved 2019 08 12 a b Facts amp Figures clevelandclinic org Retrieved 2020 10 24 AHD Hospitals by Bed in WI AHD com Retrieved 2021 05 11 Advocate Health Fact Sheets AHD com Retrieved 2021 05 11 760 000 Falle pro Jahr www uk rub de Retrieved 2022 10 01 About Manipal Hospitals Bangalore India www manipalhospitals com Retrieved 2021 01 25 a b SingHealth Duke NUS Academic Medical Centre Annual Report 2020 2021 PDF singhealth com sg 31 March 2021 Retrieved 8 September 2021 NHG Corporate Yearbook FY2019 corp nhg com sg Retrieved 2021 01 25 Top 10 largest hospitals in the world www healthcareglobal com FHL Annual Report 2019 20 PDF Retrieved 2021 01 25 Berlin Charite Universitatsmedizin Facts amp Figures www charite de Retrieved 2022 10 01 Mosqueda Mars Jr 15 October 2019 Metro Pacific Hospitals raises 684m from KKR and GIC Nikkei Asia Retrieved 3 October 2021 Last year the group served 3 8 million outpatients and 194 000 inpatients with more than 3 200 beds Fast facts www about kaiserpermanente org Retrieved 2021 01 26 UNAUDITED PRO FORMA QUARTERLY REPORT PDF commonspirit org CommonSpirit Health 2020 05 15 Retrieved 2021 01 26 Fresenius Helios FSE www fresenius com Retrieved 2022 10 01 Advocate Aurora Health Our Story Advocate Aurora Health Retrieved 2021 05 11 About Us Mayo Clinic Facts Mayo Clinic Retrieved 2021 01 25 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Initiatives is approved USA TODAY Retrieved 2020 02 02 About Us MercyOne org Retrieved 20 April 2020 Weaver Christopher Jaramillo Cassandra Community Health Spinoff to Focus on Smaller Markets The Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved 2015 11 09 About Us Ballad Health Retrieved November 12 2020 a b 52 great health systems to know in 2018 Beckers Hospital Review 2018 Retrieved November 18 2020 Minister Announces Hospital Groups and Publishes The Framework for Smaller Hospitals Department of Health Department of Health Ireland 15 May 2013 Retrieved 15 May 2013 Six hospital groups most fundamental reform in decades Irish Medical Times 14 May 2013 Retrieved 27 May 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hospital network amp oldid 1177291642, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
