Benchmarking Inter-Hospital Alliances against Industry Best Practices

Wildhaber, Frances; Collerette, Pierre; Pelletier, Daniel; Heberer, Michael

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“…Conversely, the perception of negative financial outcomes could be linked to a public healthcare zeitgeist fueled by years of cuts and restrictions, especially in the absence of objective data derived from financial records. This underscores the need for more factual and quantitative indicators that should be woven into the alliance agreement at the onset [39].…”

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Perceptions of the Performance, Goals and Characteristics of Hospital Alliances: A Multi-national Study

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Wildhaber²,

Collerette³

et al. 2016

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A mixed methodology study of inter-hospital alliances in Germany, Canada and Switzerland was conducted to describe the goals and performance of inter-hospital alliances and to identify which alliance features best predict performance. Alliance features and performance were studied through a series of 59 interviews conducted within 12 hospitals involved in such partnerships. Respondents included administrative, medical and nursing staff. A standardized interview schedule was used to document the perceived as well as factual attributes and performance of the inter-hospital alliances they were included in. Results indicated that financial goals were not rated as being as important as improvements regarding service access and quality. A path analysis generated a seven component model of features linked to the perceived success of alliances: environmental, human and structural components of the alliances had an indirect relationship with overall success which was mediated through adaptability. Inter-hospital alliances have similar goals with regards to service quality and access, .notwithstanding the country, the type of health care system and the respondents.

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Perceptions of the Performance, Goals and Characteristics of Hospital Alliances: A Multi-national Study

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Collerette³

et al. 2016

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Varying viewpoints of Belgian stakeholders on models of interhospital collaboration

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Gemmel

et al. 2018

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BackgroundHospitals are increasingly parts of larger care collaborations, rather than individual entities. Organizing and operating these collaborations is challenging; a significant number do not succeed, as it is difficult to align the goals of the partners. However, little research has focused on stakeholders’ views regarding hospital collaboration models or on whether these views are aligned with those of hospital management. This study explores Belgian hospital stakeholders’ views on the factors affecting hospital collaborations and their perspectives on different models for Belgian interhospital collaboration.MethodsQualitative focus group study on the viewpoints, barriers, and facilitators associated with hospital collaboration models (health system, network, joint venture).ResultsA total of 55 hospital stakeholders (hospital managers, chairs of medical councils, chair of hospital boards and special interest groups) participated in seven focus group sessions. Collaboration in health care is challenging, as the goals of the different stakeholder groups are partly parallel but also sometimes conflicting. Hospital managers and special interest groups favored health systems as the most integrated form. Hospital board members also opted for this model, but believed a coordinated network to be the most pragmatic and feasible model at the moment. Members of physicians’ organizations preferred the joint venture, as it creates more flexibility for physicians. Successful collaboration requires trust and commitment. Legislation must provide a supporting framework and governance models.ConclusionsInvolvement of all stakeholder groups in the process of decision-making within the collaboration is perceived as a necessity, which confirms the importance of the stakeholders’ theory. The health system is the collaboration structure best suited to enhancing task distribution and improving patient quality. However, the existence of networks and joint ventures is considered necessary in the process of transformation towards more solid hospital collaborations such as health systems.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12913-018-3763-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Benchmarking Inter-Hospital Alliances against Industry Best Practices

Cited by 2 publications

References 111 publications

Perceptions of the Performance, Goals and Characteristics of Hospital Alliances: A Multi-national Study

Perceptions of the Performance, Goals and Characteristics of Hospital Alliances: A Multi-national Study

Varying viewpoints of Belgian stakeholders on models of interhospital collaboration

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