Transforming Healthcare Organizations / Edition 1

by Ellen Marszalek-Gaucher, Richard J. Coffey

Overview

The Effects of Transformation

In Transforming Healthcare Organizations, the authors assert that only leaders who are willing to pursue innovation and creativity can effect a transformation—and they describe the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for success. This important study presents healthcare executives with practical, step-by-step guidance on recognizing the need for change, developing a vision for the future based on working models of success, and gaining the support of others in realizing this vision.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555422509
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/16/1991
Series:	Health Management Series
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.45(h) x 1.01(d)

About the Author

Ellen Marszalek-Gaucher and Richard J. Coffey are the authors of Transforming Healthcare Organizations, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

1. The Challenge of Organizational Excellence in Healthcare Organizations
2. Catalysts for Change in the Healthcare Environment
3. Anticipating and Adapting to Changing Requirements
4. Revitalizing the Organization's Mission and Values
5. Establishing a Total Quality Process
6. Building a Culture of Continual Improvement
7. Promoting Innovation and Creativity
8. Reorganizing the Way People Work and Interact
9. Promoting Success as Everyone's Role
10. Improving Cost-Effectiveness
11. Managing with Quantitative and Qualitative Information
12. Rethinking Strategies for Leadership Effectiveness
13. Ensuring Organizational Excellence
Resource: Action Steps of Transformation

Editorial Reviews

"Key members of one of the most innovative and progressive hospital management teams in the United States offer their advice on strategies for helping hospitals to reach new levels of performance through modern methods of management of quality and productivity. This book is a valuable resource for health care managers." —Donald M. Berwick, M.D., Harvard Community Health Plan

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