title: Sustaining work redesign innovations through shared governance.
abstract: Organizational change, in the form of work redesign, is widespread in hospitals across the country. How can the resulting patient-focused care models be sustained when "sustaining" means continuously changing and improving? The authors describe one hospital's use of a multidisciplinary shared governance system to provide the structure and process support for the innovative changes initiated by work redesign.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Minnen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ames
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dubree
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spinella
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009985:Orthopedics; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013714:Tennessee