An effective service line management structure is a necessary condition of success for any health system—but in practice, few systems satisfy that condition.
While there is no one-size-fits-all organizational model for service line management, our research shows that some kind of system-level oversight is required to achieve true "systemness."
This publication includes an overview of more effective and cohesive approaches, analysis of eight organizing principles common among top-performing institutions, interviews with service line experts, and detailed case study profiles.