T he call for greater physician involvement in the management of hospitals and other health
institutions is growing, not only in Canada but also in the United States and the United …

Increasing governmental regulation such as called for in PSRO and health planning
legislation, pressures to contain rising costs, physician strikes, and other manifestations of …

P hysicians used to run hospitals. Now they run into a lay administrator's office with
impossible demands, each wanting more space and staff, more money for research and …

At least since the Griffiths Report ministers have been saying that clinicians must become
more involved in the management of hospitals. It is not an approach peculiar to the UK, and …

In a recent article in CMAJ Dr. Gordon Ferguson'suggestedthat hospital administrators'
efforts to involve physicians in management are" simply an effort in hard times to find a …

It has been asserted that physicians hold the key to success in hospital efforts to increase
admissions and contain costs. While there is a great need to forge a partnership with the …

The latest NHS reorganisation proposes that doctors in trusts should be given more
managerial responsibility. Attempts to Involve doctors in NHS management over the last 10 …

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and managing Page 1 The new hospital challenge: Organizing and managing physician
organizations Steve McDermott A new challenge facing hospital management is the task of …

Medical decision making is an organizational process. Even at the level of individual clinical
judgment, a myriad of prior" organizational" decisions have been made that affect what …