title: Beyond restructuring. Futuristic rapid-cycle change to improve patient care.
abstract: Rapid changes in the healthcare environment provide an impetus to look closely at the way patient care is delivered. It is increasingly important to be both patient focused and cost effective in the delivery of care. No longer can tradition, organizational structures, or poor communication impede effective and efficient patient care. A rapid-cycle change process is one method that involves staff members in identifying and implementing needed change to improve patient care and to remove waste from the system.
authors.affiliation: Transplant Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Boylan
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006436:Hemodialysis Units, Hospital; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States