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Hospital Restructuring Initiatives in Canada
Medical Care, 1997Recent changes in the organization, staffing, and utilization of acute hospitals in Canada are reviewed with regard to the potential implications for quality of care, national nurse workforce requirements, and research.Available national and selected provincial data and trends in hospital utilization, capacity, and staffing are synthesized.Health ...
J, Shamian, E Y, Lightstone
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Hospital Corporate Restructuring and Financial Performance
Medical Care, 1993In the last decade, an important innovation in the organizational structure of acute care hospitals occurred. Many hospitals restructured by creating subsidiaries that segment assets or services into separate corporations. We know relatively little about the effects of such restructuring.
J P, Clement, T A, D'Aunno, B L, Poyzer
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JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 2000
The past decade has witnessed pronounced changes in the organization of U.S. hospitals, many the direct result of restructuring and reengineenng initiative intended to decrease costs and increase productivity Little is known about how these initiatives have affected clinical care and patient outcomes.
L H, Aiken, S P, Clarke, D M, Sloane
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The past decade has witnessed pronounced changes in the organization of U.S. hospitals, many the direct result of restructuring and reengineenng initiative intended to decrease costs and increase productivity Little is known about how these initiatives have affected clinical care and patient outcomes.
L H, Aiken, S P, Clarke, D M, Sloane
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Social Work in Health Care, 1999
In the shifts to programmatic hospital organizations, social workers are having to learn to reframe their work, reorganize their thinking, and restructure their professional disciplines in order to survive. The experience is frequently one of frustration, anger, and impotence.
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In the shifts to programmatic hospital organizations, social workers are having to learn to reframe their work, reorganize their thinking, and restructure their professional disciplines in order to survive. The experience is frequently one of frustration, anger, and impotence.
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Restructuring French Hospitals
PharmacoEconomics, 2000Hospitals are the sick component of the healthcare sector in many European countries and have been so for a long time. As long as 10 years ago, economists noted the urgent need for hospitals to restructure. During the last 5 years, there has been a surge in hospital mergers, closures and revamping throughout France.
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Hospital Reorganization and Restructuring Achieved Through Merger
Health Care Management Review, 2002This article examines hospital reorganization and restructuring activities following merger for two study periods: 1983-1988 and 1989-1996. In both periods, hospitals rated strengthening hospital financial position as the most important reason for merger. There were also similarities in reorganizing actions, especially reductions in service duplication,
Gloria J, Bazzoli +3 more
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Restructuring Stressors and Perceived Hospital Effectiveness
Nursing Leadership, 2001This study examined the relationship of hospital restructuring and downsizing stressors with nursing staff perceptions of hospital effectiveness. The data were obtained in late 1999 from 744 nurses using questionnaires. The findings indicated many significant and independent relationships between restructuring and downsizing stressors and perceptions ...
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A quality roadmap of a restructured hospital
Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 1999This paper presents a quality roadmap of a restructured hospital. Specifically, a case study is showcased to reveal how a FOCUS-PDCA model is applied to the Central Portering Services (CPS) within a restructured hospital, to provide better service to other departments within the hospital who can then in turn value add to the patient care delivery ...
C F, Chow-Chua, M, Goh
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Improving Computer Skills to Support Hospital Restructuring
Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 1999A vital part of restructuring in hospitals is a continuing effort to find ways to meet the growing demands of caregivers for efficient ways to enter and retrieve patient information. The process of effectively meeting these demands was coordinated through the leadership and efforts of the chief nurse executive and the information manager for nursing at
E, Miller, E, Arquiza
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Restructuring hospitals, restructuring nursing.
The Canadian nurse, 1997The global economy is in the depths of recession. Organizations from virtually every industry, including manufacturing and service, have responded by reducing expenses and cutting operational costs. Health care restructuring is one result of the new economy. Hospitals worldwide have been flattening organizational charts and reducing costs.
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