Success factors in merging teaching Hospitals

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 219-223

  Thier, Samuel O ^b   Kelley, William N ^b   Pardes, Herbert ^b   Knight, Amy Wimpey ^a   Wietecha, Mark ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Association   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRUST;

HEALTH FACILITY MERGER; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; TRUST;

EID: 84894029893     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000094     Document Type: Review

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