title: Managed care: the challenge for nurse managers.
abstract: Health care reform is upon us even though the final legislative processes have not been enacted. Nurse managers cannot wait for health care reform. A revolution is happening all around us in many ways with large payers, our customers, aggressively negotiating new models of reimbursement. The nurse manager's challenge is to develop a responsive organization that can change quickly to meet the needs of this new environment in the shortest period of time. The successful nurse manager of the future will take the leadership role in making these changes.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kerfoot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009740:Nursing Staff; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011209:Power, Psychological