After Restructuring: Empowerment Strategies at Work in America's Hospitals Contributor(s): Rundall, Thomas G. (Author), Starkweather, David B. (Author), Norrish, Barbara R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0787940291 ISBN-13: 9780787940294 Publisher: Jossey-Bass OUR PRICE: $75.19 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1998 Annotation: Does restructuring health care delivery improve patient care? After Restructuring examines nine hospital systems as they go through the process of restructuring and reports on the most effective strategies and practices for making organizational change within hospitals and other health care organizations. The practical strategies presented in this much-needed book are based on solid qualitative research, case study methodology, and organizational theory. After Restructuring shows what actually happens in health care institutions that have restructured their clinical operations and offers valuable information on how to strategically plan and manage the effects of change on patient care, nursing, and the culture of the organization. In clear and accessible terms, the book introduces a framework for understanding organizational transformation and defines the principles that guide health care change agents through the five stages of changereadiness to change, awareness of the need to change, identification and selection of changes, implementation, and institutionalization of changes. To aid organizations currently undertakingor considering this challenging process, the book is filled with specific, illustrative examples from the real life case studies. The book is based on an extensive study conducted by a team of health services researchers led by Thomas Rundall, director of the Center for Health Management Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. The study surveyed nine hospital systems in urban, rural, and suburban regions that received Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grants and Pew Charitable Trust funding to restructure their patient processes. The standardsderived from the experiences of these hospitals lay the foundation for important best practices guidelines. Improving Patient Care Through Effective Managed Change Is your health care organization undertakingor consideringrestructuring? "An in-depth treatment of organizational change in hospitals. After Restructuring provides a mother lode of insights and lessons that will be mined for years. A must read for all those committed to improving hospital performance in a radically changing health care system."--Stephen M. Shortell, Blue Cross of California DistinguishedProfessor of Health Policy and Management, professor of Organization Behavior, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley "Unusual in its sensitivity to clinical and managerial agendas, this book demonstrates how hospital re-engineering principles can empower caregivers to improve hospital performance. Anyone hoping to change hospitals, or expecting to be affected by hospital changes, should read this book."Linda H. Aiken, director, Center for Health Services and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania "I would recommend this pathbreaking book to any health care executive, manager, physician, nurse, and anyone who is working to improve the performance of health care organizations."Mary A. Pittman, president, Health Research and Educational Trust
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BISAC Categories: - Medical | Hospital Administration & Care - Health & Fitness |
Dewey: 362.110 |
LCCN: 98017784 |
Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.3" W x 9.25" (1.15 lbs) 324 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Health & Fitness |
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Publisher Description: Managing Change An in depth treatment of organizational change in hospitals. AfterRestructuring provides a mother-lode of insights and lessons thatwill be mined for years. A must read for all those committed toimproving hospital performance in a radically changing health caresystem. --Stephen M. Shortell, Blue Cross distinguished professor of healthpolicy and management professor of organization behavior, School ofPublic Health, University of California, Berkeley After Restructuring debunks the myths surrounding hospital changeand offers insightful and practical recommAndations for successfulrestructuring. This valuable book is based on the work of a team ofhealth services researchers headed up by Thomas Rundall, directorof the Center for Health Management Studies at the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley. The book reports the results of a three yearstudy of nine hospitals, an unaffiliated group of facilities inurban, rural, and suburban regions that received funding from TheRobert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trust torestructure patient care processes. The authors present a framework for understanding organizationalchange and define the principles that guide change facilitatorsthrough the five stages of change--readiness to change, awarenessof the need to change, identification and selection of changes, implementation, and institutionalization of changes. The standardsderived from the change experiences of these hospitals provideimportant best practice guidelines. |