Crossing the strategic synapse: Aligning hospital strategy with shared system priorities in Ontario, Canada

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-44

  Brown, Adalsteinn D ^a   Alikhan, L Miin ^a   Seeman, Neil L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Hospitals; Ontario; Priorities; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGER; PATIENT SAFETY; VALIDATION PROCESS; COOPERATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645943712     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200601000-00006     Document Type: Article

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