This is despite the fact impact of clinician board members in the NHS appears to be considerable. Even a small increase in the number of doctors on boards (10%) can have marked consequences for hospital outcomes, according to this study.
The personal histories of the 300 chief executive officers of these hospitals were then investigated and the CEOs were classified into physicians and non-physician managers. This study, also published in the academic journal Social Science and Medicine, confirms an extremely strong positive association between Buy Bee Pollen Zi Xiu Tang the ranked quality of a hospital, and whether the CEO is a physician or not.
Notwithstanding the importance of nursing in the delivery of care services, this study found that the influence of nurse directors of NHS Trust performance was negligible, unlike the impact Fruta Planta Pill of having doctors on boards.
Amanda Goodall, Associate Fellow, University of Warwick, recently published a study looking at the top 100 U.S. hospitals in 2009, as identified by a widely-used media-generated Pai You Guo Pills ranking of quality, in three specialties: Cancer, Digestive Disorders, and Heart and Heart Surgery.