THE COLLABORATION AND
COOPERATION
OF FIVE AREA HOSPITALS AND THEIR CEOS
CONTINUES TO MAKE NATIONAL NEWS.
July 21, 2006
The hospital CEOs and the formation and successes of
Community Care 5 (CC5), a limited liability company formed
by the group, is the focus of the feature article,
“Gimme Five: Community Hospitals Collaborating in the
Midst of Competition,”
in the June issue of
Trustee magazine.
Trustee is a monthly national publication of the
American Hospital Association written for directors of
hospitals and health care systems.
Because CC5 has been recognized as a unique blend of
competition, respect, and collaboration with the ultimate
goal of enhancing community health care, it was selected
to be featured in the magazine. The company has also been
spotlighted in national presentations to health care
leaders.
The article outlines the reasons for the formation of CC5,
the process of forming the company, the respectful
relationships between the CEOs, and how their company
continues to benefit their individual communities with the
successes of this collaboration.
For the article, the magazine interviewed CEOs Pat Martin,
Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Norwalk; David Norwine, H.B.
Magruder Memorial Hospital, Port Clinton; Michael K.
Winthrop, The Bellevue Hospital; Al Gorman, Memorial
Hospital, Fremont; and Chuck Stark, Firelands Regional
Medical Center, Sandusky.
According to
Trustee, the magazine covers “new trends in health
care delivery and publishes articles that illustrate
collaborative programs and initiatives designed to improve
the quality of life in communities.”
“CC5 certainly has met that standard…and more,” said Anne
Shelley, Executive Director of CC5.
“It’s really satisfying for all of us to see five CEO’s
from competing hospitals get along so well, to watch how
they’ve come together around common issues and interests
and put aside competition,” Bob Wise, Board Chair at
Memorial Hospital says. “It’s a concept that has
dumbfounded many.”
“We’re all rather small hospitals, and the reality is,
‘Sure, we can each get someone to talk to us about
purchasing a new X-ray system,’ but combine five
hospitals, or four, or even three and make it known you
want to buy a computer system or an MRI or a CAT scan, and
everybody’s knocking on your door,” states Dr. David Deehr
D.O., trustee at Fisher-Titus and a CC5 board member since
its inception.
The company has and continues to enable the hospitals to
collaborate on new business ventures, create efficiencies
and pool resources to benefit all partners, secure
high-tech services and recruit specialized physicians to
the area that would not be feasible or justifiable for an
individual hospital.
