Healthcare combinations. Part III: Cultural success through organizational involvement. Interview by Terry G. Williams.

Throughout the integration process, organizations must constantly envision new opportunities, create mechanisms for communication, set goals and build accountabilities at appropriate levels within the organization. Ideally, an integration process will identify and build cultural strengths wherever they are in the organization and minimize the negative impact of change. An integration process that taps the creative, productive potential throughout the organization will not only reap more benefit from the integration process itself, but also will successfully navigate the culture through the rough waters of change.