title: Using the balanced scorecard in the development of community partnerships.
abstract: The benefits of community partnerships have been well established in the health service literature. However, measuring these benefits and associated outcomes is relatively new. This paper presents an innovative initiative in the application of a balanced scorecard framework for measuring and monitoring partnership activity at the community level, while adopting principles of evidence-based practice to the partnership process. In addition, it serves as an excellent example of how organizations can apply scorecard methodology to move away from relationship-based partnerships and into new collaborations of which they can select - using a formal skill and competency assessment for partnership success.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Policy and Management and School of Administrative Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada. tsasis@yorku.ca
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tsasis
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Owen
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019058:Community Networks; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D009864:Ontario