Rovner J
Health Syst Lead. 1997 Jun;4(6):4-14.
The current wave of mergers in the healthcare field is marked by demands from staff that their organizations not lose autonomy--and one way leaders are getting agreements signed is to assert that each merging group will be treated as equal in power. But such mergers, says consultant Stephen L. Ummel, can lead to "inertia, indecisiveness and confusion". Leaders of three healthcare systems--Partners in Boston, BJC in St. Louis and Lifespan in Rhode Island--cite four major lessons that others planning mergers should take to heart.
当前医疗保健领域的合并潮有一个特点，即员工要求其所在组织不丧失自主权——而领导者让协议得以签署的一种方式是宣称每个合并后的团体在权力上都将被平等对待。但顾问斯蒂芬·L·乌梅尔表示，这样的合并可能会导致“惰性、优柔寡断和混乱”。波士顿的合作伙伴医疗系统、圣路易斯的BJC医疗系统和罗德岛的生命跨度医疗系统的领导者们列举了四点主要经验教训，其他计划合并的机构应该牢记在心。
