title: Change management - an overview.
abstract: This chapter gives an educational overview of: * The need for systematic and comprehensive change management in health that involves everybody * Various change management types, models, best practices, and techniques, and how to plan and execute change management * Some of the common mistakes with change management in healthcare.
authors.affiliation: Ocean Informatics, Düsseldorf, Germany. sebasti@ngar.de
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garde
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D058016:Health Facility Administration; D008490:Medical Informatics; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012308:Risk Management