Board Oversight of Patient Care Quality in Large Nonprofit Health Systems

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-43

  Prybil, Lawrence D ^a   Bardach, David R ^a   Fardo, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

board oversight; governance; patient care quality

Indexed keywords

BOARD OF TRUSTEES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GOVERNING BOARD; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911413775     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860613485407     Document Type: Article

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1. Much of the data and text presented in this article are excerpted from Prybil L, Levey S, Killian R, et al. Governance in Large Nonprofit Health Systems: Current Profile and Emerging Patterns. Lexington, KY: Commonwealth Center for Governance Studies; 2012. Copies are available for downloading without cost at www.americangovernance.com/gov-booklet.
2. The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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