Reid W M, Page D P, Cookro D V, Mandel I G, Hostetler R M, Mason K P
University of South Florida, USA.
J Health Hum Serv Adm. 2000 Summer;23(1):24-36.
Public health officials have advocated in public health and public policy journals for collaboration with private sector health care organizations for nearly a decade. There has been little written in the management literature on this topic, however. There are several important areas in which public health departments have expertise that could be valuable to private sector health care organizations, including health maintenance organizations (HMOs). These include the delivery of services in some geographic areas and to some special populations, provision of preventive and health promotion services to HMO members, performance of epidemiology services, assistance in accreditation, and repair of the damaged image of HMOs. HMOs and local health departments in many parts of the country are already entering into contracts for these purposes. Such partnerships between HMOs and local health departments can improve the health of the members of HMO plans and contribute to improving the health of the community.
近十年来，公共卫生官员一直在公共卫生和公共政策期刊上倡导与私营部门医疗保健组织开展合作。然而，管理文献中关于这一主题的论述却很少。公共卫生部门在几个重要领域拥有专业知识，这些知识对包括健康维护组织（HMO）在内的私营部门医疗保健组织可能很有价值。这些领域包括在某些地理区域向某些特殊人群提供服务、为健康维护组织成员提供预防和健康促进服务、开展流行病学服务、协助认证以及修复健康维护组织受损的形象。该国许多地区的健康维护组织和地方卫生部门已经为此目的签订了合同。健康维护组织与地方卫生部门之间的这种伙伴关系可以改善健康维护组织计划成员的健康状况，并有助于改善社区的健康状况。
