The first time I heard the phrase “hospital affiliation,” I was baffled.
Everyone has a pretty good sense of what a merger or acquisition is, but the use of the word “affiliation” always made me feel like I hadn’t completely done my job as a reporter.
Have hospital executives actually invented a brand new type of partnership? Or is this semantics to prevent the panic that employees and communities feel when the words “merger” or “acquisition” are uttered?
I’ve been chasing…
The first time I heard the phrase “hospital affiliation,” I was baffled.
Everyone has a pretty good sense of what a merger or acquisition is, but the use of the word “affiliation” always made me feel like I hadn’t completely done my job as a reporter.
Have hospital executives actually invented a brand new type of partnership? Or is this semantics to prevent the panic that employees and communities feel when the words “merger” or “acquisition” are uttered?
I’ve been chasing…