Restructuring Health Care : The Patient-Focused Paradigm (Jossey Bass/aha Press Series)

A Patient-Focused Paradigm Brilliant and timely, thoughtful and practical. Regradless of the final shape of health care reform in the U.S., the patient-focused idea can and must be implemented. Bravo! --Tom Peters, coauthor of In Search of Excellence and author of Liberation Management This in-depth book offers advice on how health care operations can shift from hierarchical organization structures to patient-focused approaches. Uses a wealth of examples to illustrate the challenges faced by organizations that have undertaken this type of restructuring.