Transformation of an academic medical center: lessons learned from restructuring and downsizing.
This article reviews management literature on health care transformation and describes the processes, including restructuring, job redesign, and downsizing, involved in one academic medical center's experience. The article concludes with lessons learned at each of the stages of the transformation process: planning, implementation, and process continuation. Managerial implications for similar transformation efforts in other health care organizations are suggested.
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Department of Health Service Administration, School of Health Related Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
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Kilpatrick
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D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020415:Personnel Downsizing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012985:Software Design; D015144:Southeastern United States; D000078329:Workforce