When it comes to providing better care at hospitals, research shows that the environment and culture in which physicians, nurses, and other technicians and assistants work should be considered, and that is largely shaped by hospital boards and management, according to a report by The New York Times.
Therefore, the report notes, hospital boards, and other hospital management, can play a role in care at their organization.
Here are four ways that boards, and other hospital management, can impact care, according to the report:
1. They can support protocols "that ensure that crucial information is conveyed to the right people at the right time."
2. They can establish systems to ensure that equipment and supplies are readily available when needed.
3. They can "set expectations fora culture of high performance"from individuals and teams.
4. They can "require quality to be monitored against goals with incentives to push it toward those targets."