title: Lessons learned: implementing cost reductions and enhancing quality.
abstract: Many health care facilities are implementing work restructuring to achieve cost reductions while maintaining or enhancing quality. This article is a compilation of the knowledge gained during this process at one institution. Nurse executives who consider work restructuring may benefit from an understanding of the lessons learned that are presented here.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Smeltzer
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D011787:Quality of Health Care