Improving hospital restructuring: lessons learned.
Many health care organizations struggle to implement restructuring efforts that produce positive results. This article presents specific ways that restructuring can be improved and what causes such efforts to derail.
Walston
Stephen L
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University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA. stephen-walston@ouhsc.edu
Lazes
Peter
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Sullivan
Patricia Garcia
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