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Martin D Carrigan1, David Kujawa
1College of Business, University of Findlay, OH 45840, USA. carrigan@findlay.edu
Abstract:
In the years ahead, health care organizations will continue to face numerous challenges from longstanding and currently unresolved issues and new and emerging trends. Some of these include workforce shortages, rising consumerism, patient and stakeholder expectations, quality and patient safety, reimbursement, an aging population, regulatory constraints, and disaster preparedness. Health care organizations will need to adopt effective strategic tools, such as Six Sigma, to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Failure to do so will not only threaten their ability to remain competitive and provide quality care to the communities they serve, but their own survival will also be jeopardized by shrinking margins caused by continued downward pressure on reimbursement.
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