Organizational restructuring in health care: a successful approach

Healthc Manage Forum. 1997 Fall;10(3):34-41. doi: 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60957-X.

Abstract

The process of redesigning the internal organization structure of the Hamilton Civic Hospitals provides a successful example of this type of transformation. Based on a strategic approach to change, this multiphased process used a modified delphi technique to allow maximum participation in a total redesign of the structure during a four-month time frame. Implementation, which followed over the next year, resulted in a 40 percent reduction in management positions and the integration of the two sites of the hospital.

MeSH terms

  • Efficiency, Organizational
  • Governing Board
  • Health Services Research
  • Hospital Restructuring*
  • Hospitals, Public / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Leadership
  • Medical Staff, Hospital
  • Models, Organizational*
  • Ontario
  • Organizational Case Studies
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
  • Patient Satisfaction