Governance of teaching hospitals
Subtitle: turmoil at Penn and Hopkins
By: John A. Kastor.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Kelley, William N., -- 1939-; University of Pennsylvania. -- School of Medicine.; Johns Hopkins University. -- School of Medicine.; University of Pennsylvania. -- School of Medicine.; Johns Hopkins University. -- School of Medicine.; Teaching hospitals -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Administration.; Teaching hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Administration.; Hospitals, Teaching -- organization & administration.; Schools, Medical -- organization & administration.
Description: Focusing on two institutions that underwent dramatic change in governance during the late 1990s, and drawing on extensive interviews with more than three hundred administratios, physicians, and other medical professionals at Penn, Hopkins, and elsewhere, the author identifies the factors that influenced changes in governance at these two instutions. Chief among these, he finds, are structure, personality conflicts, and current events. This book will be of interest to administrators of teaching hospitals as well as to professionals in health policy and management.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-345) and index.
Table of contents: title: University of Pennsylvania; title: Before Kelley; title: Kelley the builder; title: Kelley in trouble; title: After Kelley; title: Johns Hopkins University and Hospital; title: Separate governance; title: Unified governance; title: Conclusions.