Table 2 Minimization variables
Change stage 1: organizational goals and architecture |
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To what extent would an initiative aimed to optimize in-patient flow and reduce emergency department length of stay be considered as the foremost priority for your hospital's leadership in 2009–2010? |
Change stage 2a: organizational readiness for change |
How would you rate receptiveness to organizational change among physicians currently practicing at your hospital? |
Change stage 2b: situational analysis and redesign of organizational systems |
How would you rate the efficiency of bed management/coordination currently in practice between the emergency department and in-patient medical care units at your hospital? |
Change stage 3: capacity to build coalitions, broaden support and align systems |
State the degree to which physician incentives at your hospital are supportive of an organizational goal to optimize in-patient flow and reduce emergency department length of stay. |