title: Reengineering governance to make mergers work.
abstract: Mergers are designed to trim excess capacity, but they can't if powerful local boards thwart restructuring efforts. UniHealth discovered that the hard way when local trustees stalled efforts to close a hospital; investment bankers told the system to clean up its board act. HSL examines how UniHealth, BJC, Lifespan and others are reshaping governance to act in their system's best interests.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rovner
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006075:Governing Board / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010560:Personnel Selection; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States