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Measuring and Evaluating Hospital Restructuring Efforts: 18-Month Follow-Up and Extension to Critical Care, Part 2.
The Journal of nursing administration
  • Yvonne E Bryan, PhD, RN
  • Kim S Hitchings, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Mae Ann Fuss, MSN, RN, CCRN, Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Mary Agnes Fox, MSN, RN, Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Mary T. Kinneman, MSN, RN, Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Mark J Young, MD, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-1998
Abstract

Critical care has enjoyed unobstructed growth during the past two decades; however, to remain viable, process and role changes are pivotal to ensuring continued quality, cost-effective, and efficient care. In this article, the second in a two-part series, the authors describe restructuring efforts, inclusive of their measurement and evaluation strategies, within four critical care units at an acute care, tertiary institution. Special emphasis is placed on the process, the authors' observations, and lessons learned to date. Part 1 (September 1998) presented evaluation data of the effects of hospital restructuring on patient and nurse satisfaction, costs of care, and clinical quality in four medical-surgical units.

PubMedID
9787675
Document Type
Article
Citation Information

Bryan, Y. E., Hitchings, K. S., Fuss, M. A., Fox, M. A., Kinneman, M. T., & Young, M. J. (1998). Measuring and evaluating hospital restructuring efforts: 18-month follow-up and extension to critical care, Part 2. The Journal Of Nursing Administration, 28(10), 13-19.