title: Intrapreneurship: growing a successful hospital diversification strategy.
abstract: The recent upheaval in the health care industry has left administrators scrambling after strategies that will ensure their organizations' survival. The author discusses Affiliated Healthcare Systems' successful use of a diversification strategy. Special attention is given to explaining how other organizations might use this system's experience to reduce the risks and increase the rewards inherent in this strategic alternative.
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition; D004467:Economics; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008281:Maine; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States