title: Public Health and Hospitals: Lessons Learned From Partnerships in a Changing Health Care Environment.
abstract: Recent changes in policymaking, such as the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, have ushered in a new era in community health partnerships. To investigate characteristics of effective collaboration between hospitals, their parent systems, and the public health community, with the support of major hospital, medical, and public health associations, we compiled a list of 157 successful partnerships. This set was subsequently narrowed to 12 successful and diverse partnerships. After conducting site visits in each of the partnerships' communities and interviews with key partnership participants, we extracted lessons about their success. The lessons we have learned from our investigation have the potential to assist others as they develop partnerships.
authors.affiliation: All authors are with the College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
authors.forename: F Douglas
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Scutchfield
authors.affiliation: All authors are with the College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prybil
authors.affiliation: All authors are with the College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
authors.forename: Ann V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: All authors are with the College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
authors.forename: Glen P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Mays
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011635:Public Health Administration; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States