Connecting governance culture and hospital performance improvement.
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.
McDonagh
Kathryn J
KJ
Thomson Healthcare Performance Improvement and 100 Top Hospitals Programs, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. kathymcdonagh@bellsouth.net
Chenoweth
Jean
J
Totten
Mary K
MK
Orlikoff
James E
JE
D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006075:Governing Board / Q000592:standards*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D007857:Leadership; D015279:Organizational Culture