Vertically linked organizations hold challenges and opportunities.
As more and more hospitals integrate their services with other health care facilities, the need to explore the challenges and opportunities associated with such arrangements grows proportionately. This study of vertically integrated health care organizations places special emphasis on the internal relationships associated with such factors as structure and control, team building, and developing new initiatives.
D000288:Administrative Personnel; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D011383:Progressive Patient Care; D014481:United States; D014861:Washington