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Paths and pacemakers: innovation diffusion networks in multihospital systems and alliances
M M McKinney1, A D Kaluzny, H S Zuckerman
1National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Bethesda, Maryland.
Health Care Management Review
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
This article examines the role of multihospital systems and alliances as "innovation carriers." Drawing upon studies of interpersonal and interorganizational communications networks, the authors suggest how membership in a system or alliance, as well as network characteristics, affects innovation practices in general acute care hospitals.