The health care industry, and hospitals in particular, are under incredible pressure to cut costs and increase the quality of care. For many, the response has been to consolidate…"For well over 100 years everything we do every day is continually retooling how we work to provide safer care, better care, more efficient care, for our patients," Noseworthy said. "The Affordable Care Act and everything else that's happening in the industry is putting a sharper pencil on that, but we're not really reacting to the law."

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