Assignment task: You have learned about the many issues effecting the quality of healthcare in the U.S., including competition in the health care market segment. The number of mergers and acquisitions of health care entities are increasing.
1. Explain how mergers or acquisitions can improve quality of care.
2. Construct a merger or acquisition illustration that shows vertical or horizontal integration.
3. Using descriptions within text boxes, define the flow of the integration process.
4. Summarize the integration process. Include how patients and providers are impacted by the integration.
5. Provide two links to announcements of recent mergers or acquisitions of healthcare organizations.
Include where you retrieved your information.