title: Making process improvement 'stick'.
abstract: To sustain gains from a process improvement initiative, healthcare organizations should: Explain to staff why a process improvement initiative is needed. Encourage leaders within the organization to champion the process improvement, and tie their evaluations to its outcomes. Ensure that both leaders and employees have the skills to help sustain the sought-after process improvements.
authors: Quint
authors: Q
authors: Studer
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D009936:Organizational Innovation / Q000191:economics; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000191:economics; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D012941:Social Responsibility