title: Launching the baby Columbias. Birth of spinoff chains LifePoint and Triad marks company's new focus on core operations.
abstract: This week marks a turning point for Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. The company that just a few years ago was gobbling up hospitals is now set to shed 56 facilities through two spinoffs-Triad Hospitals and LifePoint Hospitals. But observers say the spinoffs are good news for both Columbia and its offspring.
authors.lastname: Kirchheimer
mesh_terms: D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000639:trends; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000639:trends*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D013714:Tennessee; D014481:United States