title: Hospitals must follow strategy to lead regional sharing efforts.
abstract: A hospital that wants to initiate or expand service sharing with other institutions in its service area must analyze and act on many considerations that affect the success of such relationships. For example, the hospital must identify its resources and goals for sharing as well as those of the other participants, eliminate personal and institutional 'ego needs' from the relationship, and promote effective interpersonal relationships among the key individuals from the participating institutions.
mesh_terms: D006040:Goals; D006307:Health Systems Agencies; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States