Public health officials have advocated in public health and public policy journals for collaboration with private sector health care organizations for nearly a decade. There has been little written in the management literature on this topic, however. There are several important areas in which public health departments have expertise that could be valuable to private sector health care organizations, including health maintenance organizations (HMOs). These include the delivery of services in some geographic areas and to some special populations, provision of preventive and health promotion services to HMO members, performance of epidemiology services, assistance in accreditation, and repair of the damaged image of HMOs. HMOs and local health departments in many parts of the country are already entering into contracts for these purposes. Such partnerships between HMOs and local health departments can improve the health of the members of HMO plans and contribute to improving the health of the community.
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