title: Hospital boards and adaptability to competitive environments.
abstract: The characteristics of a hospital's board vis-a-vis its environment is a critical strategic factor in determining success. Those institutions that are successful in competitive versus noncompetitive environments will have boards that exhibit certain readily definable--and different--characteristics.
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004465:Economic Competition; D004467:Economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006075:Governing Board; D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012380:Role; D014481:United States