Compare the horizontally integrated health system and the vertically integrated health system you have selected (e.g. size, settings/locations, and types of services).

Write a 3 page paper on the following and answer the questions provided below.

Please write about the selected integrated health systems.
Labcorp – horizontally integrated health system
Memorial Herman Healthcare System Houston – vertically integrated health system

1. Compare the horizontally integrated health system and the vertically integrated health system you have selected (e.g. size, settings/locations, and types of services).
2. Explain each health system’s rationale for pursing integration and the strategies it has used to achieve integration.
3. Assess the business and health care-related implications of integration for your selected health systems, including how integration impacts the patients/consumers the organization serves.