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Implementing and sustaining transformational change in health care: lessons learnt about clinical process redesign

Katherine M McGrath, Denise M Bennett, David I Ben-Tovim, Steven C Boyages, Nigel J Lyons and Tony J O’Connell
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 32.

The preceding papers in this supplement have described the stress in public hospital health care, the methods and application of clinical process redesign, and the substantial improvements achieved through redesign for both patients and staff. Here, we outline the key criteria for successful use of this clinical process redesign in both implementing and sustaining improvement.

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  • Katherine M McGrath1
  • Denise M Bennett2
  • David I Ben-Tovim2,3
  • Steven C Boyages4,5
  • Nigel J Lyons6
  • Tony J O’Connell1

  • 1 NSW Health, Sydney, NSW.
  • 2 Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA.
  • 3 Flinders University, Adelaide, SA.
  • 4 Sydney West Area Health Service, Sydney, NSW.
  • 5 University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
  • 6 Hunter New England Area Health Service, Newcastle, NSW.


Acknowledgements: 

Thanks to Professor John Marley and Dr Deborah Lloyd for their editorial advice on this article, and to Dr Lloyd for her work in the preparation of this supplement.

Competing interests:

None identified.

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