In her groundbreaking book The SouthwestAirlines Way, Jody Hoffer Gittell revealedthe management secrets of the companyFortune magazine called “the most successfulairline in history.” Now, the bestsellingbusiness author explains how to apply thosesame principles in one of our nation’s largest,most important, and increasingly complexindustries.
High Performance Healthcare explains the criticalconcept of “relational coordination”―coordinating work through shared goals,shared knowledge, and mutual respect.Because of the way healthcare is organized,weak links exist throughout the chain ofcommunication. Gittell clearly demonstratesthat relational coordination strengthens thoseweak links, enabling providers to deliver highquality, efficient care to their patients.Using Gittell’s innovative management methods,you will improve quality, maximizeefficiency, and compete more effectively.
High Performance Healthcare walks you step by stepthrough the process of:
The book includes case studies illustratinghow some healthcare organizations arealready transforming themselves using Gittell’sproven tools. It concludes by identifying industry-level obstacles to high performancehealthcare and showing how individual organizationsand their leaders can supportsweeping change at the highest levels.
Policy changes and increased access to carewill not alone answer the healthcare industry’sproblems. Timely, accurate, problem-solvingcommunication that crosses all organizationalboundaries is a powerful response to businessas usual. High Performance Healthcare explainsexactly how to achieve this crucial dynamic,providing a long-awaited cure to an industryin crisis.
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A proven business remedy for our ailing healthcare industry
"Healthcare delivery systems work only when the people in them--line workers and leadership alike--are in highly functional, trustworthy, and productive relationships. High Performance Healthcare is both theoretically sound and eminently practical--a rare combination!"
-Thomas S. Inui, ScM, MD, Relationship-Centered Care Initiative Codirector and Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Health Care Research, Indiana University School of Medicine
"Dr. Gittell shows how a relatively small number of communication and relationship-building elements have a direct relationship to successful performance in both healthcare and the airline industry. Her ultimate accomplishment in healthcare may be a simple tool that builds the individual reliability mandatory for safe patient care."
-Robert S. Hendler, MD, Vice President, Clinical Quality, Tenet Healthcare Corporation
"Gittell's book raises important issues and options that need to be addressed in any national healthcare reform effort."
-Thomas P. Glynn, PhD, Chief Operating Officer, Partners HealthCare
"This is a must-read for improving organizational performance."
--Earll M. Murman, PhD, MIT Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus and coauthor of Lean Enterprise Value
"High Performance Healthcare points compellingly to a direction for change."
--Christine Bishop, PhD, Atran Professor of Labor Economics, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
"Every healthcare leader needs to read this book."
--Gene Beyt, MD, MS, Senior Vice President of Medical Quality, Clarian Health
"This is an important work for clinicians, educators, and administrators."
--John Wright, MD, Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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