E pluribus unum: Using group model building with many interdependent organizations to create integrated health-care networks

A.J.H.M. Pieters; H.A. Akkermans; A. Franx

E pluribus unum: Using group model building with many interdependent organizations to create integrated health-care networks

A.J.H.M. Pieters, H.A. Akkermans, A. Franx

Research Group: Operations Research

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This chapter reports on an action research case study of integrated obstetric care in the Netherlands. Efficient and patient-friendly patient flows through integrated care networks are of major societal importance. How to design and develop such interorganizational patient flows is still a nascent research area, especially when dealing with a large number (n>3) of stakeholders. We have shown that a modification of an existing method to support interorganizational collaboration by system dynamics-based group model building (GMB) (the Renga method, Akkermans, 2001) may be effective in achieving such collaboration.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Organization Development in Health Care
Subtitle of host publication	Conversations of Research and Strategies
Editors	J.A. Wolf, H. Hanson, M.J. Moir, L. Friedman, G.T. Savage
Place of Publication	Bengley
Publisher	Emerald Publishing
Pages	321-344
Number of pages	418
ISBN (Print)	9780857247094
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Name	Advances in Health Care Management
Number	10

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Pieters, A. J. H. M., Akkermans, H. A., & Franx, A. (2011). E pluribus unum: Using group model building with many interdependent organizations to create integrated health-care networks. In J. A. Wolf, H. Hanson, M. J. Moir, L. Friedman, & G. T. Savage (Eds.), Organization Development in Health Care: Conversations of Research and Strategies (pp. 321-344). (Advances in Health Care Management; No. 10). Emerald Publishing.

Pieters, A.J.H.M. ; Akkermans, H.A. ; Franx, A. / E pluribus unum : Using group model building with many interdependent organizations to create integrated health-care networks. Organization Development in Health Care: Conversations of Research and Strategies. editor / J.A. Wolf ; H. Hanson ; M.J. Moir ; L. Friedman ; G.T. Savage. Bengley : Emerald Publishing, 2011. pp. 321-344 (Advances in Health Care Management; 10).

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Pieters, AJHM, Akkermans, HA & Franx, A 2011, E pluribus unum: Using group model building with many interdependent organizations to create integrated health-care networks. in JA Wolf, H Hanson, MJ Moir, L Friedman & GT Savage (eds), Organization Development in Health Care: Conversations of Research and Strategies. Advances in Health Care Management, no. 10, Emerald Publishing, Bengley, pp. 321-344.

E pluribus unum: Using group model building with many interdependent organizations to create integrated health-care networks. / Pieters, A.J.H.M.; Akkermans, H.A.; Franx, A.
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Pieters AJHM, Akkermans HA, Franx A. E pluribus unum: Using group model building with many interdependent organizations to create integrated health-care networks. In Wolf JA, Hanson H, Moir MJ, Friedman L, Savage GT, editors, Organization Development in Health Care: Conversations of Research and Strategies. Bengley: Emerald Publishing. 2011. p. 321-344. (Advances in Health Care Management; 10).

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