Alliance strengthens care.

When hospital administrators want to fortify the care and programs they provide, what creative vehicles can they initiate? Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC), a 1,000-bed tertiary care center in Orlando, Fla., and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, a 518-bed research facility in Houston, Texas, are establishing a joint alliance that will strengthen the oncology care in central Florida. John Hillenmeyer, chief operating officer and senior vice president of ORMC, describes the structure of the joint venture.