title: Managing women's and children's services: contemporary models as a template for the future.
abstract: Historically hospitals have struggled with organizational design and management of services within a single institution. The traditional design has been a bureaucracy with a hierarchical management structure. As individual hospitals develop new business relationships to form health systems, there is a need for innovative solutions that provide the flexibility and responsiveness necessary for successful health care management. One traditional business model, the SBU, or strategic business unit, may serve as a template for the development of product or service lines. The SBU has application for selected portions of a health care organization. The SBU will be discussed as it specifically relates to women's and children's health care services.
authors.affiliation: Women's and Children's Services, Saint Luke's Shawnee Mission Health System, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ropp
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005260:Female; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000379:methods*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011247:Pregnancy; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*