Organization of Health Care:
Assign Day-to-Day Leadership for Continued Clinical Improvement
- Have the senior leader provide time for a day-to-day team leader to manage the initiative.
- Have the senior leader identify an enthusiastic and respected clinician to champion the work and the team.
- Gain the partnership and trust of the CEO and the Medical Director so that they will formally delegate authority to the team to make change.
- Select the improvement team and establish a regular meeting time.
- Engage administrative and clinical staff in the improvement project, so that people at all levels are aware of the improvements.
- Regularly evaluate the team process.
- Make maintaining the progress part of ongoing work.
- Consider making the team a "pilot" with plans to train other teams.
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