title: Improving hospital restructuring: lessons learned.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA. stephen-walston@ouhsc.edu
authors.forename: Stephen L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Walston
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lazes
authors.forename: Patricia Garcia
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003253:Consultants; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006302:Health Services Research; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000379:methods*; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D007750:Labor Unions; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011361:Professional Competence; D017748:Time Management; D014481:United States