title: Product line management.
abstract: The application of Product Line Management to the health care industry in the United States is an effort to use a management approach from the business world that aims at implementing, maintaining, and enhancing productivity without compromising quality patient care. Product Line Management is an opportunity for the nurse in management to develop a business acumen that will directly influence patient outcomes. Under this concept the product, is defined, priced, marketed and sold. The result is the ability to secure a competitive edge in the health care marketplace that not only allows us to survive, but to thrive.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Moye
mesh_terms: D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing; D011357:Product Line Management / Q000379:methods*