Regional Interrelationships: A Leadership Opportunity For Health Care

Keywords

economic regions; geographic regions; interrelationships; knowledge bases

Abstract

Given the impact that the health care industry has on the national economy, health care executives need to move beyond simply providing health care treatments and instead focus on strategically leading their regions, including the other key industry contributors in their specific regions. Geographic and economic regions can be viewed as concentric circles of influence, with each circle recognizing the resources and contributions that are specific to a region. An acknowledgement by health care executives of the regional interrelationships that exist in a specific region is necessary for health care managers to strategically lead regional interrelationships. A template for implementation of this process is included. To understand the various factors that exist within circles of influence, several distinct yet interrelated vertical bases of knowledge will be discussed. The 5 bases of knowledge examined here include the following: Health Care, Tourism, Defense and Technology, Education, and Retail. It is important to note that the resources identified in the Tourism, Defense and Technology, Education, and Retail knowledge bases all have a direct influential relationship upon the health care resources of the region. For description purposes, the Central Florida geographic and economic region will be examined for interrelationships between the 5 knowledge bases.

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

Health Care Manager

Volume

35

Issue

1

Number of Pages

9-20

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/HCM.0000000000000095

Socpus ID

84957674713 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84957674713

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