Governance models among California public hospitals

Governance models among California public hospitals

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
Bharucha, Farzan.
Oberlin, Shelley
California HealthCare Foundation.
Publication:
Oakland, Calif. : California HealthCare Foundation, c2009
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Hospital Administration
Hospital Restructuring
Hospitals, Public -- organization & administration
California
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
This report identifies the models of governance that exist among California's public hospitals, pinpoints the challenges faced by these hospitals because of their governance structures, and highlights the efforts of four nationally known public hospitals to improve the speed and quality of decision making through changes to their governance structures. The findings suggest that changing the governance model alone doesn't improve a hospital's nimbleness, but the process of change, which allows strong leaders to reinvent the hospital, can have an effect. Through the restructuring process, four basic components of the governance function--management oversight, board composition, level of public involvement, and hospital bylaws--can be adjusted to customize the response hospitals need to react to a changing market.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101515141 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101515141