Creating Alignment in Healthcare Collaborations: A Critical Challenge

by Sara Keen and Britt Aylor

Facing growing pressure to deliver higher quality care at a lower cost, providers are increasingly looking to relationships with other organizations, both inside and outside the industry, to help them grow in new ways and operate ever more effectively and efficiently.

The need for sufficient scale, aligned referral bases, and broad geographic reach to achieve market growth leads many provider organizations to either acquire or merge with other healthcare organizations, or form new strategic partnerships or affiliations.