To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have become a strategic tool ...

Acquisitions are an effective way to generate growth for businesses, particularly those facing challenging macro-economic environments where organic growth is difficult. M&A can help companies deliver ...

At the Becker’s Hospital Review 4th Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, Lani Berman, MBA, vice president of performance services for VHA, and Donald Hicks, senior principal of physician strategies ...

In my last article, I discussed the important lessons to apply to an integration directly after an acquisition. Stepping into an integration process with the right approach sets the company on the ...

Too often, promising integration projects wind up as expensive flops. The FBI’s failed four-year, $170 million Virtual Case File project is only the latest example to make the news. On May 24, FBI ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. When you hear “work-life balance”, you probably think of ...

Successful physician-hospital integration has the potential not only improves workflow but also lead to more coordinated, patient-driven and effective care, according to a recent Health Affairs blog ...

Ben Franklin may not have had a bank merger in mind when he penned this quote, but it certainly applies. Mergers and the related conversions they bring are seminal events that require careful planning ...