Health care organizations must increasingly develop strategic alliances with other groups
and organizations. A variety of interorganizational relationships are possible: shared …

Establishing a system of family practice clinics with physicians from its medical staff enabled
Mercy Hospital Medical Center, Des Moines, IA, not only to meet consumers' changing …

and managing Page 1 The new hospital challenge: Organizing and managing physician
organizations Steve McDermott A new challenge facing hospital management is the task of …

Federal reimbursement systems, state constitutional amendments, and fiscal responsibilities
are driving physicians and hospitals into alliances that were unheard of a decade ago. How …

Within medicine there is growing uneasiness and debate about changes in medical care
delivery. Much of this concern centers on the evolution of organizations and the role of …

THE NEXT STAGE OF MANAGED CARE Contents 1.The next important breakthrough 2.The
health care coalition 3.The benefits 4.Embracing the new model 5.Value, quality, and results …

The recent focus on collaborative relationships in health care means that people and groups
must cooperate to accomplish clinical and management tasks. This increasing …

Under the Clinton health care reform plan, primary care physicians will be the gatekeepers
of the health care system. Patrick E. Kapsner, FACMPE, writes about how the primary care …

. Martin Diamond, FACHE, president, The Diamond Group, Lafayette, California his article is
illuminating, intriguing, and concerning. The authors provide us with survey data and …

The organization and operation of public health departments must change if they are to
participate in the evolving health system. Strategic partnerships with academic medicine …