title: Managerial roles in contemporary hospital departments.
abstract: The emergence of managed care and more integrated healthcare delivery systems brings new challenges to managers in hospital departments. Managers can effectively respond to these challenges by assuming three roles--those of strategist, designer, and leader--described in the following article.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Longest
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007587:Job Description; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012380:Role; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States