How Hospitals are Gaining a Competitive Advantage
with Non-Equity Collaborative Arrangements
By Mary Baker, Vice President, Service Line Executive
Cardiovascular, Indiana University Health
An emerging trend in the healthcare industry is nonequity collaborative arrangements which help hospitals
differentiate in increasingly competitive markets. Indiana
University Health, a nationally ranked healthcare system
by U.S.News & World Report 18 years in a row, is seeing
early success entering into these types of partnerships
with hospitals in select areas throughout the country,
starting with its leading-edge cardiovascular program.
Cardiovascular care solutions for today’s hospitals.
Effective service line models are essential for longterm success because of their impact on the future of
healthcare quality, costs and overall financial health.
IU Health Cardiovascular service line solutions helps
facilitate program growth through added or enhanced
capabilities, strategic planning, outcomes management
and supply chain savings. These collaborations also
give hospital leaders the benefits of a larger network
while maintaining independence. IU Health is currently
operating this type of partnership for its cardiovascular
program in Waukesha, Wisconsin and Columbus, Indiana
with positive endorsements from hospital leaders.
“Working locally alongside ProHealth Care administration,
physicians and staff with the full support and expertise
of the Indiana University Health CV team creates a true
collaboration that assures our patients at Waukesha
Memorial Hospital receive preeminent heart care,” said
John Kelemen, Cardiothoracic Surgeon at ProHealth Care
based in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Hospitals want to provide their communities with the
highest levels of care and an affiliation with a major
academic health center assures them access to the latest
innovations and medical therapies. The focus IU Health
brings to patient care extends to its partner hospitals in
many ways with its full suite of services and specialists
that are there for patient care needs 24 hours a day.
To learn more about a non-equity collaborative
arrangement with IU Health Cardiovascular service line
solutions, contact Mary at 317.962.3583 or
[email protected]. For more than 30 years, the
Indiana University Health Cardiovascular program has
brought leading-edge care to patients throughout the
nation.
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