Texas Health Harris Methodist-Cleburne Case Study Summary

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In the case study involving Texas Health Harris Methodist-Cleburne, strategies and factors are described that appear to have contributed to high performance in surgical care. In this study researchers try to decipher which methods of organization and strategic management produce the best results. If researchers can pinpoint the best strategies in health care, they can save time and energy in future endeavors. Any successful organization is always searching for the best and most efficient way to accomplish a task. In 2004, an interdisciplinary workgroup teamed up to find opportunities to improve the hospital's performance. Texas Health Harris Methodist-Cleburne was a very successful hospital because of their organizational skills. …show more content…
It is a large facility with over 130 acute care beds and over 80 doctors on it staff. The organization has managed thousands of surgeries and recieved awards, like the 2007 Quality Award and the 2007 Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award from the TMF Health Quality Institute. In order to manage such a large facility health care leaders implemented organizational theories to ensure its success. Texas Health Harris Methodist-Clenburne is part of an even larger group called Texas Health Resources. Texas Health Resources is a nonprofit organization in North Texas which oversees 14 hospitals and generates over $2.5 billion each year. These hospitals are all operated systematically and efficiently, but none of them ever quite reached the level of performance and excellence of Texas Health Harris Methodist-Clenburne. "Most member hospitals perform well on the core measures, though not all have reached levels as high as Texas Health." (Lashbrook,