Biomaterial Database

Baptist Medical Center/St. Vincent's merger. 1996

T J Dilts

Baptist Medical Center, Baptist/St. Vincent Health System, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Hospitals are merging at such a fast pace that there may be no freestanding hospitals in this country by the end of this century. The economics of the times are making it more and more difficult for hospitals to function alone. When hospitals merge, one of the clinical departments involved in integration is the clinical laboratory. This article discusses a merger involving five hospitals in Jacksonville, Florida and how it affected the separate hospital laboratories.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007400	Interprofessional Relations	The reciprocal interaction of two or more professional individuals.	Etiquette, Medical,Medical Etiquette,Relations, Interprofessional
D007755	Laboratories, Hospital	Hospital facilities equipped to carry out investigative procedures.	Hospital Laboratories,Hospital Laboratory,Laboratory, Hospital
D010934	Planning Techniques	Procedures, strategies, and theories of planning.	Planning Theories,Methodology, Planning,Planning Methodology,Planning Technic,Planning Methodologies,Planning Technics,Planning Technique,Planning Theory,Technic, Planning,Technique, Planning,Theory, Planning
D011367	Professional Staff Committees	Committees of professional personnel who have responsibility for determining policies, procedures, and controls related to professional matters in health facilities.	Committee, Professional Staff,Committees, Professional Staff,Professional Staff Committee,Staff Committee, Professional,Staff Committees, Professional
D003142	Communication	The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups.	Miscommunication,Misinformation,Social Communication,Communication Programs,Communications Personnel,Personal Communication,Communication Program,Communication, Personal,Communication, Social,Communications, Social,Miscommunications,Misinformations,Personnel, Communications,Program, Communication,Programs, Communication,Social Communications
D005431	Florida	State bounded on east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the west by Alabama and on the north by Alabama and Georgia.
D006273	Health Facility Merger	The combining of administrative and organizational resources of two or more health care facilities.	Acquisition, Health Facility,Health Facility Acquisition,Hospital Merger,Merger, Health Facility,Acquisitions, Health Facility,Facility Acquisition, Health,Facility Acquisitions, Health,Facility Merger, Health,Facility Mergers, Health,Health Facility Acquisitions,Health Facility Mergers,Hospital Mergers,Merger, Hospital,Mergers, Health Facility,Mergers, Hospital
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016730	Program Development	The process of formulating, improving, and expanding educational, managerial, or service-oriented work plans (excluding computer program development).	Program Descriptions,Description, Program,Descriptions, Program,Development, Program,Program Description
D017146	Models, Organizational	Theoretical representations and constructs that describe or explain the structure and hierarchy of relationships and interactions within or between formal organizational entities or informal social groups.	Organizational Models,Model, Organizational,Organizational Model