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Partnership Synergy: A Practical Framework for Studying and Strengthening the Collaborative Advantage
Author(s) -
Lasker Roz D.,
Weiss Elisa S.,
Miller Rebecca
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the milbank quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1468-0009
pISSN - 0887-378X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0009.00203
Subject(s) - conceptualization , operationalization , general partnership , business , population health , mechanism (biology) , process management , health policy , health services research , knowledge management , health care , computer science , economics , economic growth , finance , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence
The substantial interest and investment in health partnerships in the United States is based on the assumption that collaboration is more effective in achieving health and health system goals than efforts carried out by single agents. A clear conceptualization of the mechanism that accounts for the collaborative advantage, and a way to measure it are needed to test this assumption and to strengthen the capacity of partnerships to realize the full potential of collaboration. The mechanism that gives collaboration its unique advantage is synergy. A framework for operationalizing and assessing partnership synergy, and for identifying its likely determinants, can be used to address critical policy, evaluation, and management issues related to collaboration.