Introduction

ACCORD helps health care organizations realize their potential – their visions of what they want to become. And ACCORD strengthens organizations by providing them with the management and governance strategies they need to respond to the rapid and dramatic changes in today's health care environment.

ACCORD does this by helping clients to:

• Develop strategic plans using a participative approach to ensure stakeholder support;
• Develop plans to achieve strategic goals and objectives;
• Ensure that governance and management structures support organizational strategies;
• Facilitate processes that result in collaborative arrangements and/or mergers among health care providers;
• Assess and shape organization culture;
• Increase team effectiveness at the board, executive, and medical staff levels;
• Enhance board and management performance.