Collaborative Partnerships: Managing Increased Healthcare Demand without Increasing Overall System Capacity

Published: May 16, 2008, 2:09 p.m.

b'Collaborative partnerships can help improve integration and quality in local healthcare systems. We describe an innovative approach that was implemented following the formation of a tri-provider partnership between homecare and two acute care hospitals.The result was a pilot project in which both homecare clients and non-urgent hospital patients could be served in a hospital-based ambulatory nursing care clinic.'