title: The nursing organization and the transformation of health care delivery for the 21st century.
abstract: Market transformations occurring within the health care industry require new patterns of organization and management to meet the increasing complexity of service delivery. A greater understanding of the innovation and entrepreneurial dynamic allows administrators, managers, and leaders to create a new vision of service delivery. Central management and leadership objectives include the development of service technologies that capitalize upon the inherent knowledge of workers to meet consumer needs. A strong sense of innovation and entrepreneurship leading to the introduction of new or improved nursing technologies is a primary component in the evolution of professional nursing practice for the 21st century.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, School of Nursing, Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gilmartin
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D016520:Entrepreneurship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation