title: Coalition building. Kentucky's biggest providers have chosen sides as two partnerships are formed to compete regionally.
abstract: Big things are happening in Kentucky, where the state's two academic medical centers are taking separate paths to build regional organizations and partnerships to deliver care. "In a fundamental way, they are trying to understand how to look to the future. Larger, broader networks and geographic span are going to be important," says Dr. Michael Karpf, left, of the University of Kentucky.
authors.forename: Vince
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galloro
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky