title: Raising the bar for people practices: helping all health organizations become "preferred employers".
abstract: Human resources are the single largest budget line in any healthcare organization. But employees are not costs; rather, they must be viewed by managers, boards, and governments as the core assets of the system.
authors.affiliation: Graham Lowe Group Inc. glowe@grahamlowe.ca
authors.forename: Graham S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D019985:Benchmarking; D002170:Canada; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments; D007857:Leadership; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D013192:Staff Development; D017132:Workplace