Shared Success
Crafting a true partnership—often with a perceived competitor—is a complex task. Here’s how some hospitals are doing it.
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Building a Bigger C-Suite
Strategy, governance, and quality positions have reached the top level of many organizations. But how many "chiefs" do you need?
Strategy, governance, and quality positions have reached the top level of many organizations. But how many "chiefs" do you need?
Togetherness Factor
Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems promotes a vision of shared clinical data-even with its competitors.
Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems promotes a vision of shared clinical data-even with its competitors.
Are JVs Losing Some Luster?
As physicians grow more comfortable with hospital employment, demands for joint ventures may be dwindling.
As physicians grow more comfortable with hospital employment, demands for joint ventures may be dwindling.

Mission Possible
Mission statements are often mocked for being uselessly generic. Random mission statement generators (really) can spit out any combination of "trust" and "teamwork" and "patient needs." Yet many real mission statements adopted by hospitals and healthcare systems are seriously specific, with careful and clear thought given to who should be served, how they should be served, and how management and the medical staff should work together toward those ends.
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