__________________ is responsible for hospital organization, management, control and operation and for appointing medical staff.

Question

Options

• AAdministration
• BBoard of Trustees
• CMedical Staff

• A
  6% (1)
• B
  88% (15)
• C
  6% (1)

Explanation

Board of Trustees holds ultimate legal and fiduciary authority over a hospital, making it responsible for overall organization, management, control, and operation - including the critical power to appoint medical staff. This governing body sets policy and is accountable for the institution's performance and compliance.

Administration (A) is wrong because administrators implement the board's policies and handle day-to-day operations, but they do not hold the governing authority - they report to the board. Medical Staff (C) is wrong because, while physicians govern their own clinical practice standards internally, they do not control the hospital's overall organization or appoint themselves; their appointment flows from the board.

Memory tip: Think of the Board of Trustees as the "owners" of the hospital - just as a company's board of directors has ultimate control and hires/fires key personnel, the hospital board holds that same top-level authority, including who gets to practice there.

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