title: Empowering middle managers in hospitals with team-based problem solving.
abstract: A team-oriented problem-solving procedure using management project teams was developed to improve quality of care and productivity in a private, nonprofit hospital. A focus group of managers developed the procedure, endorsed by top management. The work of four manager teams that followed the procedure saved the hospital more than $500,000.
authors.affiliation: College of Business, Drake University, Des Moines, IA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dailey
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barr
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004526:Efficiency; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000379:methods*; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008145:Louisiana; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011340:Problem Solving; D011787:Quality of Health Care