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Managing multidisciplinary departments.

Abstract

Today there a shortage of qualified health care professionals, and the current reshaping of the health care delivery system demands that quality care be provided at a lower cost. Many health care managers are finding that that they must re-think and change their traditional departmental concepts to become a multidisciplinary service. How department managers may better manage a multidisciplinary department in this new and changing work environment is the topic of this discussion.

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Vickie Ganey. 2004. Managing multidisciplinary departments.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcc.2004.01.004

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