System Development

The majority of health care organizations today are members of multi-unit systems and continue to strive for meaningful integration. For those organizations considering the formation of or joining a health care system, ACCORD helps its clients determine the most appropriate strategy to pursue.

In the event that an organization decides to pursue forming or joining a health care system, ACCORD facilitates processes and decision-making events focused on:

• The nature of the relationship (e.g., merger, acquisition, alliance, etc.);
• Governance arrangements;
• Organization and management structures;
• Strategic plan development;
• Physician integration.

ACCORD typically teams up with the client's legal, financial and other advisors on engagements of this type.

For evolving health systems struggling to reap the benefits of their business model, ACCORD offers its clients the following services designed to enable them to take advantage of the massive changes occurring in the health care industry:

• Conducting a “System Development Assessment” to clarify the organization’s current situation and identify obstacles to further integration;
• Aligning the organization’s governance and management structures with the system strategy;
• Facilitating structured interventions to resolve conflicts related to system development.