The next era of care will require more intentional collaboration to extend pediatric expertise, combine capabilities and investment, and address needs that increasingly span organizations and sectors.
Children’s hospitals will play a unique role, redefined by new capabilities. Each organization will need to determine where it is best positioned to lead across three strategic imperatives.
Children’s hospitals will need to lead in new ways as the evolving pediatric need profile intersects with major shifts in the broader healthcare environment.
2026 health system partnerships reflect a new phase of M&A that’s laser-focused on achieving enterprise access, affordability, and sustainability goals in a more challenging operating environment.
Regulatory review is becoming comprehensive. In addition to mergers, it includes activities like pricing practices, contracting arrangements, sources of capital, and physician employment structures.
More than 40% of rural hospitals are operating in the red, with 417 vulnerable to closure and hundreds more discontinuing critical services. Several considerations are critical to strategic planning.
We discuss how health systems will create the greatest sustainable impact by driving transformation from the inside out, using a technology-powered and human-elevated approach.
As health systems face immense challenges, many are combining forces to create innovative solutions for better, more sustainable care delivery. We discuss some of the latest collaborations.
Two nationally recognized leaders in pediatric health shared a vision to do more together. They united under a combined nonprofit parent organization to transform care, research, and innovation.
