Governance Structures in a Health Context

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In this paper, several different governance models are compared and contrasted with the intent of providing a rough conception of each one of them, particularly their strengths and weaknesses. In addition, the writer examines one governance model, the synergistic model, in greater depth and detail in order to provide readers with a better understanding of this type of governance and its especial usefulness to managers within a health care context.

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"Establishing appropriate governance structures in any organization can be difficult. It seems that every few months another expert devises another new way that organizations can best be structured in order to maximize positive benefits, all the while reducing the negative consequences of previous models. Choosing among these governance structures can be a trying task, indeed. The difficulty is magnified, at least perceptually, when one attempts to weight the relative benefits of governance structures within the context of the health care industry. In a health context, lives can quite literally be at stake. Likewise, ballooning health care costs have forced many hospitals and health care providers to streamline their services. Selecting incorrectly can lead to further reductions in service or magnification of costs."

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