title: Whole systems shared governance: a model for the integrated health system.
abstract: The healthcare system is under renovation and renewal. In the process, roles and structures are shifting to support a subscriber-based continuum of care. Alliances and partnerships are emerging as the models of integration for the future. But how do we structure to support these emerging integrated partnerships? As the nurse executive expands the role and assumes increasing responsibility for creating new frameworks for care, a structure that sustains the point-of-care innovations and interdisciplinary relationships must be built. Whole systems models of organization, such as shared governance, are expanding as demand grows for a sustainable structure for horizontal and partnered systems of healthcare delivery. The executive will have to apply these newer frameworks to the delivery of care to provide adequate support for the clinically integrated environment.
authors.affiliation: Community Hospitals of Central California Corporate Shared Governance Steering Committee, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Evan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aubry
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Curley
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Porter-O'Grady
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007857:Leadership; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration