The Harvard University Medical School (Massachusetts) and a community health maintenance organization (HMO) have formed the first medical school department to be based in a freestanding HMO, replicating the conventional teaching hospital clinical teaching model in a managed care situation. The model is seen as potentially transforming medical…

This paper uses an organizational systems model in examining academic health centers and health maintenance organizations to identify common needs, mutual interests, areas for potential collaboration, and bridging strategies. These include health care systems development, professional education, information management systems, and health services…