Paths and pacemakers: innovation diffusion networks in multihospital systems and alliances.
This article examines the role of multihospital systems and alliances as "innovation carriers." Drawing upon studies of interpersonal and interorganizational communications networks, the authors suggest how membership in a system or alliance, as well as network characteristics, affects innovation practices in general acute care hospitals.
McKinney
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National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Bethesda, Maryland.
Kaluzny
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Zuckerman
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D003142:Communication; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000458:organization & administration; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States