title: Implementing organizational redesign to support practice: the Tulane model.
abstract: Optimizing patient outcomes with a shrinking workforce while achieving a solid "bottom line" is challenging to patient care managers, often leading to high voluntary turnover. The author describes an organizational redesign developed to provide key components to support both clinical and operational functions necessary for a successful health-care operation.
authors.affiliation: Tulane Hospital for Children, The Birthing Place and Respiratory Therapy, Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, 1415 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. nancy.schryer@hcahealthcare.com
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schryer
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008145:Louisiana; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital