Imagine your hospital has recently merged with a group of medical centers. As a high-level executive, you and your team have been asked to develop a strategy to integrate the two cultures. Success with this effort must also translate into the optimization of patient care, quality, safety, cost of services, and access to care.
Individually, research best practices and devise approaches to address the potential issues and pushback. Use your research to address the following:
Identify and describe the personnel groups affected by the merger.
Predict and explain the challenges in merging the two cultures. Consider the cultures of the clinical staff and the medical staff.