Describe major organizational frameworks for healthcare delivery.

Description should include

  • formal and informal structures for healthcare delivery
  • roles and responsibilities of key personnel, including interdisciplinary collaboration
  • centralized and decentralized structures.

Process/Skill Questions:

  • How would one differentiate between formal and informal organizational structures of a healthcare agency?
  • How would one diagram a formal organizational chart of a healthcare agency, including the nursing component?
  • What are the roles and responsibilities of key personnel on the organizational chart?
  • How would one differentiate centralized and decentralized structures?