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Making alliances work. Interview by Donald E. Johnson
1MidWest Medical Center, Indianapolis.
Abstract:
As hospitals face ever increasing competition and the need for deep cost cutting, participation in alliances and multihospital systems can make all the difference in assuring a hospital's survival, says Allen M. Hicks, president of the MidWest Medical Center in Indianapolis. Hicks was instrumental in building Voluntary Hospitals of America and other multihospital systems, but now he works in the for-profit hospital sector with Republic Health Care Corporation. In this interview with Health Care Strategic Management's Donald E. L. Johnson, he shares his views on the role that alliances should play today.
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