title: Connecting governance culture and hospital performance improvement.
abstract: Fluctuating financial health, continuing demands for better and more consistent care quality and patient safety and a dwindling capacity to meet increasing service demands from patients are just some of the pressures motivating hospitals to focus on performance improvement.
authors.affiliation: Thomson Healthcare Performance Improvement and 100 Top Hospitals Programs, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. kathymcdonagh@bellsouth.net
authors.forename: Kathryn J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: McDonagh
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chenoweth
authors.forename: Mary K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Totten
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Orlikoff
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006075:Governing Board / Q000592:standards*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D007857:Leadership; D015279:Organizational Culture