This year’s research, which will be summarized at the partner presentation scheduled for Wednesday, October 15th from 7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. in the Imperial Ballroom-A and concerns Children’s Hospital’s Governance and Management Structures: How They Evolved and How They Really Work.

  • Trace the evolution and change in children’s hospitals’ organizational structure and function.
  • Understand how some children’s hospitals are using informal approaches to influence behavior and achieve favorable results.
  • Understand how organizational structure and function are producing changes in strategy and performance … and vice versa.
  • Understand how physician relations are influencing organizational structure and function.
  • Understand the key differences in issues and approaches for different types of children’s hospitals.

Join us for this session and learn what we learned.

Keith Moore, CEO, McManis Consulting
Donna Shelton, Director, Child Health Policy Research and Analytics National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions
Dave Stephens, Principal, McManis Consulting
Laura Wareham, Senior Consultant, McManis Consulting

For more information, please visit the NACHRI web site and the NACHRI 2008 Annual Meeting page.