Health care partnerships must be accountable, based on data

Kuhn, M.G.; Karahalis, G.G.; Kuhn, M.G; Karahalis, G.G

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Health care partnerships must be accountable, based on data

Kuhn, M.G.; Karahalis, G.G.

Health Care Strategic Management 11(1): 22-23

1993

ISSN/ISBN: 0742-1478

PMID: 10123390

Document Number: 409184

A successful health-care partnership with employers depends on agreeing to goals and measures of success as well as sharing a wide range of clinical and claims information. The following case study tells how Twin County Community Hospital, the only hospital in Galax, VA met the demands of a group of employers for better service, lower costs and a more stable relationship, even though it had what it describes as good relations with the community and a long-standing tradition of minimal pricing.