Making Rapid Response Real

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Making Rapid Response Real

Change Management and Organizational Learning in Critical Patient Care

Sociology Psychology Medical administration and management Intensive care medicine

Author: Jason D. Park

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Language: English

Published by: University Press of America

Published on: 11th November 2009

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 116 pages

ISBN: 9780761848882


Rapid Response Teams (RRTs)

Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) are a recent innovation in hospitals that makes critical care teams available to a nurse within seconds. When these teams function properly, studies have shown that they can reduce a hospital's mortality rate by almost forty percent. Yet, in spite of the possible benefits, doctors and nurses at hospitals that have committed to adopt RRTs can be reluctant to do so.

Making Rapid Response Real discusses a study that identifies several reasons why people in organizations resist this kind of change, and offers recommendations for how leaders can fuel successful adoption of an innovative practice. Applying ideas from sociology and psychology to a management context, Jason D. Park offers research-driven insights for managers in a variety of implementation situations.

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