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Figure 4.2. Types of hospitals included in grantee partnerships (n = 488 hospitals)
Non-rural hospitals with 100 or more beds
24%
Rural hospitals with 100 or more beds
9%
51%
Other non-rural hospitals with less than 100 beds
Other rural hospitals with less than 100 beds
5%
10%
Critical Access Hospitals
Source: Survey of THQIT Grantees, conducted in summer 2011.
Note: Hospitals partnering with grantees that received a planning and an implementation grant are not double counted.
Figure 4.3. Size of private physician practices included in grantee partnerships (n = 528
private physician practices)
9%
Private practices with 25 or more physicians
33%
59%
Private practices with 5-24 physicians
Private practices with less than 5 physicians
Source: Survey of THQIT Grantees, conducted in summer 2011.
Note: Private physician practices partnering with grantees that received a planning and an implementation grant are
not double counted.
In addition to patient care delivery organizations, two-thirds of partnerships included a research
organization in their project and three-fourths of the projects included other organizations that do not
deliver patient care, such as health IT vendors, health IT consulting firms, and health departments
(Figure 4.4; Appendix A, Table A.3).
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Chapter 4. Other Cross-Organizational Partnerships for Health IT Implementation