title: The creation of strategic alliances: the experience of the London Health Sciences Centre and southwestern Ontario.
abstract: This article describes the framework and strategies that the London Health Sciences Centre has developed to foster trusting and collaborative relationships with its regional partners in Southwestern Ontario. A four-phase approach was used to identify, implement and evaluate system-wide opportunities to improve the integration of clinical care in Southwestern Ontario. Specific case studies are illustrated that used this framework to improve both access to patient services and length of stay, while positively affecting operating resources.
authors.affiliation: Huron Perth Hospitals Partnership.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Adamson
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Crook
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Girotti
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: MacLean
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009864:Ontario; D019982:Organizational Case Studies