Networking: forming collectives to ensure survival and flexibility
Coyne, J.S.
Trustee the Journal for Hospital Governing Boards 35(7): 14; 16 19-20
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3674 PMID: 10256856 Document Number: 189170
Networking--the presence in one multihospital system of two or more types of interhospital relationships--offers freestanding not-for-profit hospitals the ability to form collectives that ensure organizational survival and managerial flexibility while safeguarding institutional autonomy. A prototype of an emerging health care network is Health West Foundation, a not-for-profit holding company that provides health care services through a network of affiliated components.