scholarly journals Governance system of the Austrian Medical Chamber

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 337-341
Author(s):  
Hyung-Sun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Medical Association ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Health Care Policy ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Care Policy ◽  
Organizational System ◽  
Regulatory Organization ◽  
Medical Chamber

This study aims to improve the organizational system of the Korean Medical Association by comparing its governance to that of the Austrian Medical Chamber. The Austrian Medical Chamber is a legal entity and an interest group, composed of the members of nine provincial Medical Chambers. The composition, authority, and duties of the Austrian Medical Chamber are detailed in the Medical Law, and its publicity as a self-regulatory institution is legally guaranteed, such as health care policy decisions and participation in the justice system. The Austrian Medical Chamber enhances the consistency and connectivity of its work with the provincial Medical Chambers through the obligatory participation of their board members. It allows the provincial Medical Chambers to responsibly perform their duties. The Austrian Medical Chamber and related medical laws can be a role model for the Korean Medical Association to achieve authority as a self-regulatory organization.

scholarly journals Governance system of the American Medical Association

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 323-329
Author(s):  
Jung Chan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
American Medical Association ◽  
Medical Association ◽  
American Medical ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Board Of Trustees ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Organizational System ◽  
Essential Information

This study aims to provide essential information to improve the organizational system of the Korean Medical Association (KMA) by reviewing the organizational structure and decision making process of the American Medical Association (AMA). This study investigated the composition and the roles and responsibilities of the AMA—the House of Delegates, the Board of Trustees, Councils, and Sections. It also reviewed the duties and privileges of the AMA officers. The AMA establishes policies through meetings with delegates who represent the diverse characteristics of its members through the House of Delegates. In addition, Council experts from various fields under the Board of Trustees create policy alternatives. These are aggregated into the AMA policy. To recognize the KMA as the best group of medical professionals, both the organizational structure and the decision-making process of the KMA must be established in order to maintain a consistent policy.

Policing mental illness: Police use of section 136 – Perspectives from police and mental-health nurses

2021 ◽  
pp. 002580242199336
Author(s):  
Meron Wondemaghen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Health Care Policy ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Care Policy ◽  
Mental Health Nurses ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Pilot Scheme

Ideological shifts in mental health-care policy such as deinstitutionalisation have meant police have had to make decisions about the care of persons with a mental-health crisis. This study examines how police in five English counties respond to crisis calls when employing the powers afforded in section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983, and the effectiveness of the national Street Triage pilot scheme. Qualitative interviews with 30 police officers and mental-health nurses (MHN) were collected as data sources. The analysis shows that police have previously struggled with the significant number of crisis calls, whilst also finding mental-health services inadequately sourced, leading to some detentions in police cells as alternatives to health-based places of safety. However, the scheme has made positive changes in alleviating these issues when MHN are co-located with police, highlighting the need to strengthen their partnership by facilitating the sharing of information, responsibilities and decision making in order to ensure police cells continue to be avoided as alternative places of safety.

Does gender diversity in supervisory boards affect gender diversity in management boards in Germany? An empirical analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 239700222199714
Author(s):  
Dennis Fleischer
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Supervisory Board ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Management Board ◽  
Supervisory Boards ◽  
Gender Quota ◽  
The Impact

Social aspects like gender diversity in the boardroom are becoming increasingly relevant and are a popular topic of public debate in the context of gender equality in business. However, there is little clarity about the potential spill-over effects of gender diversity. Both theory and empirical results have led to ambiguous conclusions with respect to the effect of gender diversity in the supervisory board on gender diversity in the management board. In addition, it is not clear whether the German gender quota legislation positively affects this relationship. This study analyses whether gender diversity in the supervisory board supports the gender diversity of the management board, and whether this relationship is affected by the gender quota legislation, focusing on the unique case of Germany. To cope with endogeneity concerns, this study employs a cross-lagged panel model with fixed effects using maximum likelihood structural equation modelling. The results of the analysis of the impact of the number of female supervisory board members on the number of female management board members do not support the view of positive spill-over effects of gender diversity in the environment of the German two-tier corporate governance system. Furthermore, this study finds no evidence of an effect of the German gender quota on this relationship. JEL Codes G38, M12, M14, M51

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