Correlates of hospital leadership team effectiveness: results of a national survey of board chairmen.
To examine hospital leadership team effectiveness, analyses the responses of 540 randomly sampled board chairmen of US hospitals. Reports findings regarding board chairmen's evaluation of their hospitals' productive outputs and of the adequacy of their communications with the CEO and medical staff president (MSP) in their hospitals. Notes that over one-quarter of board chairmen found communications with the MSP to be only sometimes productive and notes means whereby positive communications are promoted. Offers suggestions for board chairmen recruitment.
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American College of Healthcare Executives, Chicago, IL, USA.
D003142:Communication; D003625:Data Collection; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006075:Governing Board / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007857:Leadership; D014481:United States