Shared governance and imaging: "pyramid power" revisited.
Shared governance is a concept that is gaining wide acceptance in the United States; however, it is still in its infancy in Canada. This article introduces shared governance principles to diagnostic imaging administrators and staff and informs them of the rationale, benefits and challenges of this management philosophy. In addition, the implementation of an imaging department empowerment program will be explored, as will its relationship to a facility-wide shared governance program.
Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
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D002170:Canada; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States