Both physicians and hospitals are using the PHO to form a more efficient and effective health care delivery team: PHOs are bringing physicians, nurses, medical directors, and administrators together to define a continuum of care that will become the integrated delivery system of tomorrow, says Randall W.
The word âhegemonyâ is of Greek origin and originally referred to the dominant or preponderant position of one state over others in the international system. For many commentators, especially realists, this remains a useful working definition.
The term hegemony is today often used as shorthand to describe the relatively dominant position of a particular set of ideas and their associated tendency to become commonsensical and intuitive, thereby inhibiting the dissemination or even the articulation of alternative ideas.