Texas Health Harris Methodist-Cleburne was a learning organization where theories and a great structure was put into place to better surgical improvement. The leading members of the organization were placed in positions for the greater good of the association. As I look deeper into the issue in this paper I will explain the theories used, the structure that was in place and the leaders who helped to strategically manage this organization for better surgical improvement.
Resource dependence theory is a theory that “proposes that organizational survival depends on the ability to acquire and maintain resources and manage the demands of interest groups that control those resources.” (Frates 2014) Texas health Harris Methodist-Cleburne illustrates a strong resource dependence theory. They were able to acquire resources from a variety of hospitals and work with different workgroups to manage the resources that they acquired. Texas Health was able to handle the demands of the workgroups groups and have successful surgical achievement.
Texas Health are a part of Texas Health Resources, a health system that has 14 …show more content…
They are joined together and they share the one body, this structure works for Texas Health. The strong middle would consist of the leaders in the system and the physicians and staff and the division managers who are accountable for their patients.
Beverly Barton, R.N is the clinical outcomes specialist which was a new position that was created to focus on the performance of core measures. It was noted that the core measures of the other hospitals were not as great as Texas Health. She was brought in to help with the daily management of core measure performance. The other leader in this case study was Cindy Stepp-Gann, M.S., director of quality. Stepp-Gann is the one who with makes sure there is quality care in the